Tkachev: sanctions stimulate agricultural production

Today, a bilateral meeting of the Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev and the head of Kabardino-Balkaria Yuri Kokov was held.

They discussed the issues of state support for the agro-industrial complex of the republic, the implementation of a number of large investment projects, the mechanism providing subsidies. A further increase in production volumes of high quality and competitive agricultural production was named as one of the main tasks in the import substitution program.

The head of Kabardino-Balkaria thanked the Minister for his constant and committed attention to the country, where agriculture is one of the main areas of the economy, kbrria.ru reports.