On March 6, speaking at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for considering issues related to seasonal field works and rendering prompt assistance to the agribusiness complex governing bodies of the Russian regions, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Fedorov saod that about 100 million tonnes of grain should be harvested this year by Russian agricultural firms and farmers to provide the country with food.

On March 6, answering questions from the press after the session of the Interdepartmental Commission for considering issues related to seasonal field works and rendering prompt assistance to the agribusiness complex governing bodies of the Russian regions, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Federov said that support for Tatarstan agro-industrial complex might increase by 20-30 per cent this year.

On March 6, speaking at a session of the Interdepartmental Commission for considering issues related to seasonal field works and rendering prompt assistance to agribusiness complex governing bodies of the Russian regions in the Volga Federal District, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that one of the main problems within the current spring sowing campaign is to save crop areas that occupy 2.9 million hectares in Tatarstan.

 

On March 5, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Director of the Connaissance et Memoires French Publishing House Catherine Cormery and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov discussed the possibility of publishing the book devoted to Tatarstan holy sites.