1 billion rubles will be allocated from Bashkortostan budget for agriculture support

UFA, 1 August 2018. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/. The volume of state support for agriculture exceeded 4.5 billion rubles in the republic in 2018: 2.5 billion rubles was allocated from the federal budget, about 2 billion rubles from the regional budget. The Head of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov informed about this during the roundtable on production and sale of agricultural products, which took place within the framework of the "Field Day – 2018" seminar-meeting.

The head of the region also marked that agricultural producers would get additional support from the state: 200 million rubles will be allocated to reimburse part of the cost of purchasing chemicals, 460 million rubles to purchase agricultural equipment and equipment, 200 million rubles to support in connection with the petroleum products rise in price, 140 million rubles will be the third tranche for milk produced in May 2018.

"It is easy to calculate that in addition support will amount to about 1 billion rubles. These resources will be allocated from the republican budget, "said Rustem Khamitov.

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan - Agriculture Minister Ilshat Fazrakhmanov noted that the system of support of agricultural producers in the republic had been established. Thus, it is planned to transfer about 8 billion rubles for the rural development in 2018.

According to the head of Bashkortostan, the republican agriculture in many areas is becoming competitive. Now the regional agricultural complex faces a task of further increasing the volume of agricultural production and increasing the profitability of enterprises.