In the Astrakhan region of 21.8 thousand tons of vegetables processed vegetable processing enterprises. According to the regional headquarters of "Harvest 2015", last year this figure was lower by 24%.

Governor Alexander Zhilkin visited Kamyzyaksky district, where he got acquainted with several kinds of new products. This year Ivanovska the cannery is planned to produce 1 million cans already made more than half of the plan. Farmers from neighboring Volga region send the vegetables to the plant, which exports its products to other regions of Russia.

Last year the company began implementing a pilot project "Experimental and trial production of dried roasted vegetable products." Was already released the first batch — 809 thousand exclusive half-liter cans,reports the website of the Governor of the Astrakhan region.