First deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture Dzhambulat Khatuov said that the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, if necessary, can implement grain interventions in early 2018, RIA Novosti reported.
"We are preparing for intervention, if necessary, we are ready to regulate the market early next year, taking into account the planned budget funds," Khatuov said at a conference of the National Association of Agricultural Exporters.
He also stressed that the Ministry of Agriculture does not plan to liquidate the grain intervention fund and to abandon the mechanism of intervention. "Nobody excludes the intervention fund, it was earlier, is now and will be in the future," the first deputy minister said. He also stressed that the Ministry of Agriculture does not plan to liquidate the grain intervention fund and to abandon the mechanism of intervention. "Nobody excludes the intervention fund, it was earlier, is now and will be in the future," the first deputy minister said.
