Korney Bizhdov, President of the NSA: in the regions of Siberia where outbreaks of ASF have been recorded, more than 75% of the pig population is insured

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a state of emergency has been declared since March 15 in the city of Minusinsk and the Minusinsk District in connection with the detection of ASF in a farm where 340 pigs were destroyed. Livestock is being withdrawn from private households of citizens. Later, the burial of dead domestic pigs, which also tested positive for the virus, was found in the neighboring Republic of Khakassia.

According to the NSA, in 2022 Siberian pig breeders insured almost 1.5 million heads of these animals under state support. Most pigs are insured in the Novosibirsk Region - 431 thousand heads (81% of the industrial livestock), 381 thousand heads - in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (50%), 329 thousand heads - in the Kemerovo Region (83%), 256 thousand heads - in the Omsk region (81%), 250 thousand heads - in the Tomsk region (81%), 157 thousand heads - in the Altai Territory (82%), 110 thousand heads - in the Irkutsk region (89%). In the Republic of Khakassia, pigs were not insured.

“The Siberian Federal District has so far been the most prosperous for pig breeding among all the districts of RUSSIA. The detection of ASF on its territory was an extraordinary event, - the President of the NSA commented, - The ASF virus first came to Siberia only in 2017, when it was detected simultaneously in the Omsk and Irkutsk regions, the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Then it was celebrated exclusively in the Omsk region, and only twice - in 2020 and 2022. The events of the current year ؘ are, of course, the expansion of the geography of the spread of the ASF virus in Siberia, indicating a growing likelihood of new outbreaks. NSA expects an increase in demand for insurance coverage for pig breeding complexes in the current agricultural season in Russia.”


According to the Federal Law N 260-F3 "On State Support in the Sphere of Agricultural Insurance", in Russia, within the framework of a centralized system, state support is provided for insurance of risks of crop production, livestock breeding and commercial aquaculture. Only insurance companies that are members of a single all-Russian association, the National Union of Agricultural Insurers, have the right to conclude insurance contracts with state support. Insurance is carried out on the basis of uniform standard rules for each insurance program provided for in the agricultural insurance system.