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The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan pays great attention to the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the countryside. Today, in every district there are people who have opened their own business and successfully developed it. One of them is Ismagilov Ramil Salikhovich from Agryz district. Being disabled, he himself employed 16 villagers, cultivates 630 hectares of land, holds 130 heads of cattle.

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.

Today in Istanbul, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov and General Director of the Turkish company Konermak iç ve dış ticaret ltd Şti Mustafa Ozkylych signed an agreement on cooperation in implementing projects in the field of the agro-industrial complex of Tatarstan.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan announces the winners of the competitive selection for the provision of grants to novice agricultural consumer cooperatives. The total amount of grants was 75 million rubles.