Between grape cooperative "Arkhangelsk cranberry" and a branch of the FBU VNIILM "Central European LOS" was signed a cooperation agreement for 150 million rubles, the report said FrutNews.

The agreement was reached in the framework of the first inter-regional scientific-practical conference "prospects of commercial cultivation of forest berry crops in the Arkhangelsk region".

Kostroma experts will help of knowledge and experience when creating a micropropagation laboratory in Arkhangelsk, and also provide scientific support to the entire process of providing planting material of the first stage of cranberry plantations in the Arkhangelsk region in an area of 200 ha. In the first stage it is planned to plant ten million annual cranberry seedlings.

According to the candidate of biological Sciences Galina So, the experimentation on the cultivation of American varieties of cranberries was unsuccessful, due to the fact that the seedlings are not very suitable to the local climate.

Thus, seven new Russian varieties of cranberries was derived in the Arkhangelsk region by the initiative group of the cooperative "Arkhangelsk cranberry".

Valery Makeev, senior researcher of the branch of the FBU VNIILM "Central European forest experiment station, spoke in detail about bred Kostroma scientists varieties of cranberries. The most suitable for the conditions of the Arkhangelsk region, are sort of "Cominsky", "Hotovitsky" and "the Gift of Kostroma", which yield ranges from 15 to 40 tons per hectare.

As noted by Ms. So, the cultivation of berries on plantations today is quite relevant method both in Russia and abroad. In other countries, cultivated blueberries, cranberries, Arctic raspberries and other berries. For example, the Arctic is the most expensive berry, the cost per ton of up to twenty-five thousand dollars.

As voiced at the conference, the cost of transportation-cranberry from America comparable with all the costs of cultivation, harvesting and primary processing berries in Russia. That is why the development of this direction is promising for Russian entrepreneurs and business, and also fits into the concept of import substitution program.

The project "Arkhangelsk berry" may be the first step for creating a new industry in the region, which can improve the incomes of rural residents, while limiting damage to the environment of the Arctic.