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In Tatarstan, the first stage of the intellectual game “Novice Farmer” among pupils of schools and institutions of higher and vocational education of the Republic of Tatarstan was completed. It was organized by the Tatarstan Regional Branch of the Russian Union of Rural Youth with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan and Kazan State Agrarian University. This event is organised for Development of skills in business planning in agriculture, collecting and analyzing information, making management decisions and teamworking.

On February 20, the XXXII session of the Council of the Muslyumovsky municipal district of the third convocation took place. Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov, Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Ravil Kuzyurov, General Director of the Network Company Society Ilshat Fardiyev, General Director of the Chelny Bread Society, Rafael Yunusov, as well as deputies of the district council and the district public took part in it.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic Marat Akhmetov on 20 February praised the activities of the Aktanysh residents at a meeting of the Council of the Aktanyshsky District Municipality dedicated to the results of work in 2018 and tasks for 2019.

On February 20, a plenary session of the XXX Congress of the Association of Peasant Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives of Russia (APFAC) was held in Moscow. The delegation of Tatarstan  is represented by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic Rishat Khabipov, the chairman of the Association of Farmers and Peasants of the Republic of Tatarstan Kamiyar Baitemirov and 26 farmers from the republic.

Today we will tell about Turuntaeva Maria Sergeevna. She was born on October 10, 1926 in the village of Bagayevo, Kaybitsky district. At the age of 14, after five classes of the local school she began working on the collective farm. From the very first days of the war her father left to the front and never returned. The family had six children orphaned. Working for two and thus contributing to the victory became the Mary’s goal. Since the spring of 1942 she worked on a farm and was mobilized for forestry. For valiant work she awarded a medal.

This was stated by the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin during a working visit to Almetyevsk district on February 19, where he participated in the meeting of the Council of the municipality on the results of work for 2018 and tasks for 2019.

These days, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan takes part in the shooting of the historical film “Zuleikha opens his eyes” based on the work by Guzel Yakhina.

The 1st March of 2019 came into force the Federal Law No. 563-FZ “On State Support in the Field of Agricultural Insurance”.

On February 16, by the theme “Know your native land”, the specialists of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan visited the Museum of the Siberian Tract’s History, the wicker factory “Willow Furniture”  and the ski base.

Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov took part in the reporting session of the Kukmorsky District on the basis of socio-economic development for 2018.