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In January-March of the current year, Tatarstan exported products of the agro-industrial complex for $ 36.8 million. “This is $ 1.4 million or 4% more than for the same period in 2018,” said Dmitry Yashin, head of the food market development department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, reminding that targets for increasing the volume of exports from the republic of agricultural products were doubled - to $ 360 million by 2024.

On May 21, Nikolay Titov, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan, met with a delegation from the federal state of Thuringia (Federal Republic of Germany) headed by the Minister of Economy, Science and Digital Technologies of Thuringia.

On May 20, a round table “Effective partnership: city and village” was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan, organized by the center of competence for the development of agricultural cooperation in the Republic of Tatarstan and the Department for the Development and Support of Entrepreneurship of the Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was held in by the business forum "Spring Business Week RT-2019". The event was attended by the organizers of Internet sites selling agricultural products, representatives of the IFC, agricultural consumer cooperatives interested in promoting and selling their products.

Racil Gilyazov, the Head of the Audit and Anti-Corruption Department, reported today on anti-corruption work in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan during a meeting with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov.

On May 18, horse races took place on the territory of the Almakay horseyard “Baiga”. The head of the Leninogorsk district, the mayor of the city of Leninogorsk Ryagat Khusainov made a welcoming speech. Among the guests of honor was Nazip Hazipov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov reported about the current course of the sowing campaign in the republic and the development of the livestock industry.

From 14 to 16 May, the international exhibition of food products and specialized equipment SIAL China 2019 was held in Shanghai, China. As part of the Russian delegation, the exhibition was visited by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Oleg Zemskov.

The exhibition “All-Russian Field Day”, traditionally organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, will be held this year from July 10 to July 12 in the city of Pushkin, Leningrad Region.

On May 16, Kazan hosted the solemn closing of the on-site regional stage of the All-Russian Competition AgroNTI-2019, which was held at Kazan State Agrarian University with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan. The competition was held among students of rural schools of 5-11 grades . About 200 students from 43 regions of Tatarstan, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Perm Territory and the Ulyanovsk Region took part in the competition.

According to operational data, on May 17, this technical crop was sown on 64.3 thousand hectares, with a plan of 65.6 thousand hectares, noted Irek Sadykov, the head of the department of agriculture development of the ministry. “The same area - 64.3 thousand hectares - was allotted for sugar beet last year,” he added.