"Import dependence (for hatching eggs - ed.) in this case is decreasing from 20% to already 13%," Lityaikin said during the forum "Biotechnologies in agriculture: national priorities and cooperation in the EAEU space."
He recalled that, starting from 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture has taken a course to localize the production of this hybrid in Russia: in the same year, a program was launched to support the construction of first- and second-order incubators in poultry farming. As for state support, he added, in 2022 four enterprises received it - in the form of 20% compensation for direct costs incurred.
"We plan to continue this work this year," Lityaykin said.
At the end of August, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on reimbursement to poultry farmers of up to 20% of direct costs for the construction and modernization of complexes: according to the calculations of the Ministry of Agriculture, such a measure will help ensure the uninterrupted operation of poultry farms and by 2025 will almost completely replace imported breeding material with domestic ones, the press reported. - Cabinet office.