Ministry of Agriculture
Background
The Ministry of Agriculture is the Russian government body responsible for state policy and regulation in agriculture and related rural sectors. In general, agriculture ministries oversee matters such as agricultural production, support measures, research, price support, subsidies, and biosecurity, and may also cover adjacent areas such as food security, forestry, fisheries, and rural development. In Russia, the ministry matters because agriculture is a major part of the domestic economy and a policy area tied to food supply, regional development, and support for farm producers.
Within the Russian state apparatus, the ministry operates as a federal executive organ headed by a minister, working alongside other government institutions on sectoral policy and budgetary support. Its functions typically include designing and implementing programs for agricultural development, coordinating support for producers, and administering measures that affect equipment access, credit, and production incentives. It also works with related agencies and state-linked organizations, including Rosagrolizing, in programs intended to expand farm machinery access and strengthen the agricultural production base.
In recent activity, the ministry has been involved in the Technological Support for Food Security national project, reflecting a broader focus on production modernization and domestic capacity. Current priorities include support measures aimed at improving affordability of agricultural equipment, such as subsidized leasing and lending programs, as well as planning for more advanced machinery, including autopiloted equipment. These efforts indicate an emphasis on maintaining output, improving farm technology, and supporting the institutional infrastructure of Russian agriculture.
Timeline
The Ministry of Agriculture was tasked with preparing plans for the production of autopiloted agricultural machinery.
Dmitry Patrushev: The Russian Government Is Maintaining Support Measures to Improve the Affordability of Domestic Agricultural MachineryA new working group was created to develop Russia’s agricultural machinery sector under the Ministry of Agriculture’s involvement.
Dmitry Patrushev: The Russian Government Is Maintaining Support Measures to Improve the Affordability of Domestic Agricultural Machinery
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Dmitry Patrushev: The Russian Government Is Maintaining Support Measures to Improve the Affordability of Domestic Agricultural Machinery
Deputy PM Patrushev chaired a meeting on farm equipment access, reaffirming subsidized leasing and lending programs, ordering plans for autopiloted machinery production, and tasking a new working group with developing Russia's agricultural machinery sector.