NEWS

On May 21-22, 2014, International Research and Training Conference “Competitive growth and increase of efficiency of agricultural sector under the World Trade Organization and the Customs Union” will take place in FSBEI AFVE “Tatar institute of personnel development in agribusiness”.

Nikolai Yakushin, Rector of Tatar institute of personnel development in agribusiness, will speak on methodological approaches to the implementation of modern agricultural policy.

Students of Mechanization and Technical Service Institute of Kazan State Agrarian University have finished their work experience internship and come back from different districts of the republic, where they helped agricultural manufacturers to carry out the spring sowing campaign, as reported by Marsel Akhmetzyanov, Work Experience Internship Supervisor of Kazan State Agrarian University.

According to recent reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, 1.3 million ha (77% ) were sowed with spring crops, including 932.1 thousand ha with winter crops, 402.6 thousand ha with wheat, 51.6 thousand ha with peas. 383.2 thousand ha were sowed with barley in different districts of the republic.

Under the federal special purpose program “Social development of the village for the period until 2013”, the subjects of the Russian Federation were supported with the federal budget with the purpose of construction and reconstruction of clubs, community centers and on providing local community centers and libraries with specialized portable equipment (autoclubs).

Today, on May, 8, the acceptance of documents into the contest committee on application processing on the program “Development of family livestock breeding farms based on farm households in the republic of Tatarstan, 2014” has finished.

In the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the republic of Tatarstan the results of 4-last-months-work in cattle breeding were summarized and the tasks for the period of summer camping of cattle were set.

The session was chaired by Nazip Khazipov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Consultants on cattle breeding of local districts, specialists of brood service of municipal districts, directors of brood enterprises, representatives of investment companies, etc. participated in the session.

As reported in the Tatarstan Agricultural Research Institute, scientists of Tatarstan developed a new method of Colorado potato beetle controlling.

The new method of Colorado potato beetle controlling is what prior to planting potato tubers are treated with a special agent. After that the blasts don’t threaten the plants during the whole summer. Colorado potato beetles die when they touch leaves of the plants and use them as food. Colorado potato beetle ovocates also die.

According to recent reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan the spring sowing campaign is being carried out in all regions of the republic. 566.2 thousand ha (33%) have been sowed.

103,700 ha are sowed with wheat, 260,200 ha are sowed with rye, and 431,800 ha are sowed with spring crops.

Marat Akhmetov – Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan – reported on the sowing campaign at the session in the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan today.

Within the framework of the second part of Social Organisations Forum “Together!” on Tuesday, April 29, a round table discussion “Civil society – creating the future” was held. Participants discussed various problems of AIC and quality of life in the village.

Nikolai Titov, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Ilsul Safiullin, Vice-Chairman of the State Council Committee of Ecology, Natural Resource Management and Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in the round table discussion. Villagers from Atnya, Saby, Baltasi as well as from other regions discussed with the officials the most important issues.