"In recent years, thanks to support from the state and hard work of our farmers, the sector is showing steady growth. This year we plan that the harvest of fruits and berries in Russia will amount to about 1 million tons, which is almost a quarter higher than in 2017," - said Patrushev.

However, he noted the success of Ingushetia in the development of the horticultural industry. According to him, in 2017 the region for more than 80% exceeded the established plans in area orchards. Currently the region is implementing a large investment project for the construction of storage of fruits and vegetables in the composition of the wholesale distribution centre "Garden-Giant Ingushetia". After commissioning of the second phase of this project with capacity of 24 thousand tons of Ingushetia more than 5 times will cover its domestic needs.

The meeting on development of gardening, nursery and storage organization fruit production Patrushev stressed that the development of domestic gardening is one of the priority directions of the state policy in agriculture. Since the implementation in 2013 of the state program of development of agriculture created 61.6 thousand hectares of new orchards and nurseries, the rate of perennial plantations increased by an average of 1.5 times. Laid annually more than 10 thousand hectares of intensive orchards, giving you the opportunity to quickly obtain a high yield.

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