Solve by substitution of agricultural products by 2020, according to the Ministry of agriculture, will require additional 568 billion rubles from the Federal budget, said at a press conference in MIA "Russia today," the Director of the Department of Economics and support of agriculture the Ministry of agriculture Anatoly Kutsenko, reports RIA Novosti.

"With these additional investments, we will be able to significantly increase production, which will reduce the import vegetables 67%, vegetables - by 74%, fruit and berries production by 20%, milk - by 30%. Including, you can import substitution and meat products more than 50%", - said Kutsenko.

He noted that Russia needs to develop its own breeding and genetics, without which it is impossible to talk about the food security of the country.

Kuchenko believes that to increase domestic production of agricultural products will take about 2-3 years. "For example, we may in the medium term, without prejudice to increase production of meat products of poultry and pork", he said.

Deputy head of Rosstat Constantine Likes stated that currently the rate of agricultural production did not decrease, but on the contrary, strengthened. "Following the results of 9 months, the increase was 4.5%. During the year the number of loss-making organizations significantly reduced, began to rise the profitability of enterprises. If we talk about production possibilities, then, for example, in the manufacture of beef used 55% of the capacity of enterprises. Resources are available and you have to download them, "he said, and noted a large demand for agricultural statistics from authorities at all levels, public organizations and manufacturers. - This means that developed a real program for development of agriculture. Unfortunately, the agricultural census was postponed from 2014 to 2016. She'd been in this year of extraordinary useful. Its results we get at the end of 2016, and the main will be announced in 2017-2018. In addition, within the main census introduced and micropores, which will improve its quality".