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The harvesting campaign in the republic is in full swing. Today, Tatarstan farmers have threshed the first million tons of grain. The average yield is 28.4 c/ha. More than 371 thousand hectares of land have been threshed.

Today in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov, a meeting of the Republican Headquarters was held to prevent the penetration and spread of especially dangerous animal diseases.

Today, on the basis of LLC "Tukaevsky" of the Atninsky municipal district, a zonal seminar was held - a meeting at which they talked about the best practices for digitalization of agricultural enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan. It was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan Shamil Gafarov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov, General Director of JSC "RIVC" Niyaz Khaliullin, heads of farms.

The share of African countries in the total volume of Russian supplies to foreign markets remained stable at the level of recent years and reached 12% against the backdrop of a significant increase in the volumes of agricultural exports themselves ($41.6 billion (+12% by 2021 and +36% by 2020). Egypt and Algeria (more than 60% of total supplies to African countries) became the leaders - consumers among African countries in the structure of Russian agricultural exports in value terms in 2022. At the end of 2022, the export of agricultural products from Russia to African countries continued to grow and reached $4.7 billion (+9% by 2021; +17% by 2020).

The Republic of Tatarstan was visited by a delegation from Belarus. They were accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustem Gainulov. Oksana Skinder, head of the procurement department of Belkoopsoyuz, and Diana Kuzikova, director of the cooperative trading enterprise Polotsk Market, took part in the working trip.

An expert session "Reserves of the consumer cooperation system: procurement activities" was held today in Kazan. It was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov, Chairman of the Council of the Central Union of Russia Dmitry Zubov, Chairman of the Board of the Tatpotrebsoyuz Rashat Shaimardanov, heads of regional departments of consumer cooperation of the Republic of Tatarstan and other officials.

Today, on behalf of Rais and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov handed over the keys to 16 specialized cars to the heads of consumer societies and cooperatives of the Tatpotrebsoyuz.

Agricultural producers of the republic continue to improve their skills. In the current stream of the advanced training program "Digital Transformation in the Agro-Industrial Complex", 106 enterprises from 29 municipal districts have been trained.

As part of the All-Russian Field Day, more than 100 delegations from 50 regions of the country visited the republic. A delegation from the Astrakhan region chaired by the Minister of Agriculture Ruslan Pashaev and a delegation from the Republic of Khakassia chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sergei Trufanov visited the Arsky District.

Today, the agro-industrial complex of Tatarstan is a modern high-tech industry with good development potential. This was stated today by Rais of the Republic Rustam Minnikhanov at the plenary session "Functioning of domestic crop production under sanctions pressure." The event was held as part of the All-Russian Field Day 2023 exhibition. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev, State Counselor of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, representatives of federal departments, state companies, industry unions, science and business.