The agricultural industry of Bashkiria has reached the best performance in the last 20 years

“The agrarian sector of the republic not only retained, but also demonstrated high performance at the end of the year. In 2023, 7 billion 263 million rubles were allocated for the implementation of the state program and non-program support for the agro-industrial complex, 3.6 billion rubles of which are federal budget funds,” said Prime Minister Andrey Nazarov.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Government - Minister of Agriculture Ilshat Fazrakhmanov noted that the share of the commodity sector reached 63.7%, and the key indicator of the state program "Agricultural Production Index" increased to 128.1% (against the plan of 121.2%). In terms of agricultural production, the Republic of Belarus has risen to 11th place in the Russian Federation. Further, Ilshat Fazrakhmanov spoke about the implementation of the indicators of the state program in the context of the directions of the agro-industrial complex of the republic. Thus, the index of crop production amounted to 164% against the plan of 152%. In terms of the volume of grain produced in 2022 (5004 thousand tons), the republic took the 9th position in RUSSIA. Also, the region is confidently included in the top ten regions (8th place), producing about 60% of all greenhouse vegetables in Russia. Technical and technological modernization has become a key factor in the development of the crop industry. As a result, the load on tractors and combines has decreased.

The index of livestock production in the republic amounted to 101.4%, Ilshat Fazrakhmanov emphasized. In 2022, 760.2 thousand tons of marketable MILK were produced, which is 100.4% of the level of 2021. Thanks to the development of livestock breeding, the increase in milk productivity on average for agricultural organizations amounted to 6.5%. Timely support of implemented investment projects of MEAT companies allowed increasing meat production as well . This made it possible to produce an additional 30 thousand tons of the product. Speaking about investment activities in the agro-industrial complex of Bashkortostan, the HEAD of the regional agrarian department said that in 2022 it was possible to achieve the maximum volume of investments in the development of the industry - 17.2 billion rubles, with an index of the physical volume of investments in fixed assets - 121.3%.

In total, in 2022, 64 priority investment projects worth 111.3 billion rubles were actively implemented in the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Belarus. The index of food production has also grown in the region, which in 2022 amounted to 103%.