All-Russian research Institute of rice, the participants discussed the issues of development of the industry.

"In Russia it is essential to develop rice-growing, where recent years have seen impressive growth of qualitative indicators", — wilted Dzhambulat Hatuov. However, he added that properly used state support measures will allow in the near future to open new opportunities for the domestic market and for export of rice to other countries.

"Krasnodar region is the main region for the production of rice. Accounts for over 60% of all the rice areas in Russia. At the end of last year, nearly 40% of the culture produced the largest enterprises of Kuban", — said during the visit of the first Deputy Minister.

The Director of the Department of crop production, mechanization, chemicalization and plant protection Ministry of agriculture Pyotr Chekmarev, in turn, noted that over the past 20 years, rice production in the country increased by almost 2.5 times. The average yield has increased almost 2 times and is 53 kilograms per hectare.

"This year, rice is planted on an area of more than 206 thousand hectares forecast in his collection is 1,1 million tons, with a yield of 54.4 centners from hectare", — he added.

The growth of gross collection and boasts a high yield of this crop in the agricultural enterprises of Russia are provided conducted by cartomancy, intensification of technology and using high quality seed, new varieties which consistently provide high yields.