Changes in the state program for the development of the agro-industrial complex have been approved by the Government of Russia. According to RIA Novosti, the new version of the document has reduced the number of subprograms and adjusted funding.
This year, it is planned to allocate 215.852 billion rubles. In the future, financing will decrease: in 2018 it will amount to 197.958 billion, in 2019 - 194.056 billion, and in 2020 - 194.06 billion rubles. The previous version of the program assumed funding from 2018 to 2020 in the amount of 1.012 trillion rubles, now this amount is reduced by 1.7 times. According to the new version of the document, in 2017 and 2018 the growth in agricultural production should not be lower than 1.7%, in 2019 - 1.8%, and in 2020 - 2.1%.
Source: Publishing House "Sphere".
