Most of the work will be performed in autumn. In the spring of the current year are scheduled to be laid on fruit crops on an area of about 1050 ha. today laid for about 480 hectares of young gardens.

-- Krasnodar region is the leading region for production of fruits. In five years, the average annual gross production of fruit and berry production in all farms of the region increased by 46% - from 312 thousand tons in 2012 to 455 thousand tonnes in 2017. Today for us – almost 40% of Russia's total. However, it is possible to produce more of what we aim to farmers, – commented the Deputy Governor Andrei Box.

According to him, the key factor for the development of horticulture in the region was the increase in the financing industry. In 2018 to support growers from Federal and regional budgets allocated more than 500 million rubles. For comparison – in 2012, growers received subsidies in the amount of approximately 190 million.

In addition, in 2018 in Krasnodar region on behalf of the Governor Veniamin Kondratiev introduced a new direction of support for gardeners. It grants for manufacturers of fruit production in small farms. For these purposes, provided 101.2 million rubles of the regional funds.

Andrew Box added that for the industry it is also necessary to solve the problem of storing products. According to him, this year it is planned construction of new storage facilities with overall capacity of 17 thousand tons.

Background: currently, the total area of orchards in the region is 44.5 thousand hectares, including fruit – 35,1 thousand. last year In region has been collected 455,5 thousand tons of fruit and berry products. The average yield of fruit crops in agricultural enterprises amounted to 179 kg/ha.

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