"The industry shows high growth, ensuring food security of the country and supplying their products abroad. This success is the great merit of farms and agricultural cooperatives", - said the Prime Minister.

"You produce environmentally friendly products, focusing on the highest standards of quality. Thanks to you, the stores there are more fresh and tasty products," he added.

Medvedev noted that many farmers literally from scratch was able to organize its production 30 years ago, when Russia revived farmers ' movement, and was able to survive even in times of the decline of agriculture.

"For the state, this issue has become a serious challenge. We wanted to see Russia as a strong agricultural power and, therefore, began to exert an unprecedented agriculture support", - said the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister added that today farmers can access preferential loans, subsidies for the purchase of equipment, increase acreage, construction of terminals in ports and wholesale distribution centers. According to him, these measures allow APK rightly be considered the pride of the Russian economy.

Medvedev expressed confidence that the Congress will examine in detail the issues of agricultural cooperation, and will also be provided useful industry supply.

XXX Congress of AKKOR takes place February 19-20 in Moscow. It involved more than 800 delegates from across the country. The main topic of the forum is the problem of the development of farming and agricultural cooperatives in Russia.

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