On the possibility of increasing state support, said Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, speaking at the Congress of the Union of manufacturers of milk.

"We and the Ministry of agriculture will propose that the level of support was increased, but the budget situation is difficult. I think that it may not happen before the second half of the year", — said A. Dvorkovich.

We will remind, Dmitry Medvedev announced government support for farmers in 2017, which, according to him, is locked at around 220 billion roubles.

In the draft budget for 2017 for the development of agriculture laid 204,5 billion. According to the 2016 budget, the cost of the state program of agribusiness development in Russia was initially $ 237 billion. However, it was subsequently decided to reduce funding for the program for the development of the domestic agricultural sector in the past year was directed 214,8 billion.

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