Farmers of the Krasnoyarsk territory in the current year by 20% increased area of canola - crops with high export potential, said on Thursday to journalists by the Minister of agriculture of region Leonid Shorohov.

In the framework of the Federal project "the Export of agricultural products" Krasnoyarsk region should implement the regional project, according to which the export of agricultural products from the region until 2024 is expected to grow 2.6 times to $48 million.

"We have significantly enhanced canola crops did increase by nearly 20%, or about 141 thousand hectares <...>. I think that it is possible to increase the crops oilseed rape up to 200 thousand hectares There is a market, and the price of canola is much higher than for grain," - said Shorohov, noting that this crop is "high margin".

According to him, the Krasnoyarsk Krai supplies canola to China, Mongolia, Belarus and some other countries. It is expected that within the next five years the demand will be consistently high.

The national project "international cooperation and export" consists of five Federal projects "manufactured exports, Export of agricultural products", "logistics of international trade", "Export of services" and "a Systemic approach towards the development of international cooperation and exports." It focuses on the achievement of the share of exports of manufactures, agricultural products and services in the GDP of 20%, and the growth of non-oil goods exports by 2024 to $ 250 billion.

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