Peter Chekmarev visited large enterprises of the region producing of agricultural soil-cultivating equipment, machines for plant protection, seeding and fertilizing.

During the inspection it was noted that the presented technique is successfully used not only in the Samara region, but also in other regions of Russia and abroad.

The representative of the Federal Ministry drew special attention of employees of enterprises that the head of state set the task to increase crop production, in particular, bringing by 2030, the volumes of grain yield up to 150 million tons.

"To achieve this goal, we first need to provide farmers with modern domestic machinery. The Samara region has all the possibilities in the future become one of the main centers of agricultural machinery in Russia", — said Petr Chekmarev.

Thus, according to him, a big plus of the region is that on its territory there are many factories and production facilities, which could work in close cooperation with the enterprises producing agricultural machinery.

Deputy Minister of agriculture and food of the region Sergey Ershov, in turn, noted the serious work of the Government of the region to improve the technical equipment of agricultural enterprises. At the moment, the region managed to stabilize the main Park of agricultural machinery, which is updated during the year by 5-6%. According to the Deputy Minister, capital investments in basic production assets also helped to fill the worn equipment and improve the energy security of the agricultural organizations of the region, which affected, in particular, and at the highest grain harvest in 2016.