Russian President
Petersburg, the import share of over 70%! In a particularly difficult position were Livestock and poultry enterprises. Due to lack of financial resources and access to credit management for many years could not carry out modernization, purchase of modern machinery and equipment, apply efficient technologies, to conduct a focused breeding work, etc. As a result, the profitability of livestock production has been steadily falling, so that now, for example, the production of cattle meat is unprofitable. It is estimated that from 1991 to 2005 the number of cattle decreased from 54.7 to 21.4 million heads of pigs – from 35.4 to 13.3 million head. Production of meat and poultry in live weight decreased from 14,5 to 7,6 million tons. This led to the fact that the share of imports of meat domestic market is now approaching 35%, which does not benefit any domestic animal or the consumer. The state will help us? In May this year at a meeting on socio-economic development of the Volga Federal district in Kirov issue of food independence raised the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev.
"While domestic livestock only 60% supports the needs of the country's meat production. The rest of Russia forced to import, taking the risks, including those relating to price instability in world food markets ", – he stressed. Experts estimate that the threshold of food security is 20% imports. This value has a strong economic rationale, since the greater proportion of imports of developing serious adverse effects throughout the agricultural sector. I must say, the state for several years tries all the administrative and financial resources to improve the situation in agriculture.