The Ministry of Agriculture proposed measures to stabilize prices for vegetables from the “Borshivoy set” (potatoes, cabbage, onions, beets, carrots). This is reported by Izvestia with reference to the report of the Office to fulfill the instruction of the Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko on the basis of the meeting at the end of August.
One of the measures to reduce the prices of the components of the “Borshis Set” will increase the area under them. So, until 2025, it is planned by 14 percent compared with last year to increase the area for the cultivation of potatoes, cabbage, bow, beets, carrots. With a proposal for their extension, the Ministry of Agriculture was made, the corresponding letter was sent to the government on October 26.
Another measure is to introduce more powerful storage facilities. According to the executive director of the National Fruit and Vegetable Union, Mikhail Glushkov, the storage deficit is estimated at 1 million tons of vegetables. “At the charges of 5.5 million tons of vegetables, the volume of storage facilities are 1.6 million tons. Part of the vegetables is sold during the season, when the storages are not needed, the part is processed, but still a significant part enters the repository. According to our estimates, Their deficiency is estimated at 1 million tons of vegetables, “he concluded.
July 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the exacerbation of the situation with prices for food in the country. “There is a particularly acute question today with a rise in price of basic products: vegetables, the so-called borshese set, we recently only spoke about it,” Putin said at the meeting. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture discussed measures to reduce the value of vegetables and developed a number of price retention measures.