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help farmers suffering from the heat
Yesterday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev praised the possible loss of crops due to drought in some regions of the country and received ministerial assurances that the shortage of grain will not be.
This summer, farmers Russia involuntarily recalled in 2010, when a heat wave and fires suffered substantial damage to agriculture. Then the state due to the significant losses of crop went to drastic measures and banned the export of grain, so as not to undermine the internal market.
After a year of respite, a severe drought is back in some regions, particularly in southern areas of the country. Its influence on the grain shoot Dmitry Medvedev revealed in Ilovlinskom metro area the Volgograd region. Show was nothing special. In the field, where the land is literally burning under their feet, stood a low withered barley.
Director of the farm, Alexander Egorov, complained that the heat, followed by occasional rain is May, a dry wind blowing from Kazakhstan. "Even a watermelon in these conditions can not stand!" - Farmer said, nodding toward a neighboring field. It would have been lying to 5-6 kilograms of watermelons, and it turned out that the ovary has only recently occurred. Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tarasov estimated future losses of grain producers in the Volgograd 2.2 billion rubles. "The percentage is around a quarter of the total crop area," - he stressed.
Now the crop forecast is about 80 million tons, a figure that, in the words of the Prime Minister, taking into account the carry quite satisfied with the state as close internal needs. Despite the heavy agricultural reports from languishing in the heat of regions, the government has not lost hope for a successful agricultural year. "In principle, the preconditions for the emergence of shortages of grain does not exist, but need to keep the harvest," - said Dmitry Medvedev at the meeting in support of agricultural producers.
Another great confidence emitting Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov, alluding to the fact that you should not believe those directly estimated losses, which voiced regions. He recalled that in 2010 the subjects were talking about 65 billion rubles of losses, the real totaled 30 billion. Today, a preliminary estimate regions of damage in 30 billion. Dmitry Medvedev has estimated that by year-end country can gleaning a third of the losses in 2010.
"Shortage of grain harvest in 20 regions can be about 12 million tons, and all over Russia - 14 million," - said Fedorov. At the same time domestic demand, he says now, will close at 100 percent and still have potential for export.
- That is, we will not pass on a knife blade, as it was two years ago? - Said the head of government.
- Deleted - no doubt the minister said.
Another drought has added urgency to the issue of insurance of crops. Process after the 2010 move. Then it was insured only 4 per cent, now all of 10. "The main problem - to prove actual damages in the examination of the damage, - Medvedev said. - Insurance companies must face the growers."
Complaints about the principles of insurers have begun to sound even on the farm. Its director, said that in 2010 to achieve recovery from the insurance company failed. Looking at the barley withered, the Prime Minister spoke about the possibility of professional expertise, independent of the policyholders. "Such a system should do," - he said. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich suggested that this situation will change when the insurance companies just do not want to pay.
In insurance companies, of course, are not ready to humbly unilaterally to meet the village. "One gets the feeling that farmers prevent two things - drought and insurers," - not without irony, said the head of the National Union of agrostrahovschikov Roots Bizhdov. According to him, insurance companies have basically collected from farmers' proof of damage. "The insurer is obliged to document any of your insurance payment, because it is not taxed," - reminded Bizhdov. At the next stage of the validity of the payment check and verify the tax authorities even stricter.
The Prime Minister of the dispute farmers and insurance companies stand on any one side did not. He again reiterated his position that a substantial part of the crop must be insured, and now in 16 regions of the country are not signed any agreement agricultural insurance.
In the near future, perhaps, the idea of the Prime Minister did materialize. "Agro insurance is voluntary, - Medvedev stressed, - but in most systems of agricultural insurance relationships are constructed so that no contract of insurance can not get a loan. And we in this model need to go."
In the meantime, the government is ready to assist farmers in connection with their new challenges. Farmers in the first place it is important to extend the loans they made in the past few years and have not had time yet to return.
Also, the prime minister signed a decree on the extension of favorable fuel prices. Discount for farmers, said Deputy Prime Minister Dvorkovich, will be 20 percent instead of 30. "Volumes will meet the needs of the second half - the volume of the first half, plus 15-20 percent," - he said.
Finally, Medvedev spoke of the need to promptly decide on the cereal intervention and the necessary volume. Minister of Agriculture has promised to submit proposals in the coming days.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev praised the possible loss of crops due to drought in some regions of the country and received ministerial assurances that the shortage of grain will not be.
This summer, farmers Russia involuntarily recalled in 2010, when a heat wave and fires suffered substantial damage to agriculture. Then the state due to the significant losses of crop went to drastic measures and banned the export of grain, so as not to undermine the internal market.
After a year of respite, a severe drought is back in some regions, particularly in southern areas of the country. Its influence on the grain shoot Dmitry Medvedev revealed in Ilovlinskom metro area the Volgograd region. Show was nothing special. In the field, where the land is literally burning under their feet, stood a low withered barley.
Director of the farm, Alexander Egorov, complained that the heat, followed by occasional rain is May, a dry wind blowing from Kazakhstan. "Even a watermelon in these conditions can not stand!" - Farmer said, nodding toward a neighboring field. It would have been lying to 5-6 kilograms of watermelons, and it turned out that the ovary has only recently occurred. Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tarasov estimated future losses of grain producers in the Volgograd 2.2 billion rubles. "The percentage is around a quarter of the total crop area," - he stressed.
Now the crop forecast is about 80 million tons, a figure that, in the words of the Prime Minister, taking into account the carry quite satisfied with the state as close internal needs. Despite the heavy agricultural reports from languishing in the heat of regions, the government has not lost hope for a successful agricultural year. "In principle, the preconditions for the emergence of shortages of grain does not exist, but need to keep the harvest," - said Dmitry Medvedev at the meeting in support of agricultural producers.
Another great confidence emitting Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov, alluding to the fact that you should not believe those directly estimated losses, which voiced regions. He recalled that in 2010 the subjects were talking about 65 billion rubles of losses, the real totaled 30 billion. Today, a preliminary estimate regions of damage in 30 billion. Dmitry Medvedev has estimated that by year-end country can gleaning a third of the losses in 2010.
"Shortage of grain harvest in 20 regions can be about 12 million tons, and all over Russia - 14 million," - said Fedorov. At the same time domestic demand, he says now, will close at 100 percent and still have potential for export.
- That is, we will not pass on a knife blade, as it was two years ago? - Said the head of government.
- Deleted - no doubt the minister said.
Another drought has added urgency to the issue of insurance of crops. Process after the 2010 move. Then it was insured only 4 per cent, now all of 10. "The main problem - to prove actual damages in the examination of the damage, - Medvedev said. - Insurance companies must face the growers."
Complaints about the principles of insurers have begun to sound even on the farm. Its director, said that in 2010 to achieve recovery from the insurance company failed. Looking at the barley withered, the Prime Minister spoke about the possibility of professional expertise, independent of the policyholders. "Such a system should do," - he said. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich suggested that this situation will change when the insurance companies just do not want to pay.
In insurance companies, of course, are not ready to humbly unilaterally to meet the village. "One gets the feeling that farmers prevent two things - drought and insurers," - not without irony, said the head of the National Union of agrostrahovschikov Roots Bizhdov. According to him, insurance companies have basically collected from farmers' proof of damage. "The insurer is obliged to document any of your insurance payment, because it is not taxed," - reminded Bizhdov. At the next stage of the validity of the payment check and verify the tax authorities even stricter.
The Prime Minister of the dispute farmers and insurance companies stand on any one side did not. He again reiterated his position that a substantial part of the crop must be insured, and now in 16 regions of the country are not signed any agreement agricultural insurance.
In the near future, perhaps, the idea of the Prime Minister did materialize. "Agro insurance is voluntary, - Medvedev stressed, - but in most systems of agricultural insurance relationships are constructed so that no contract of insurance can not get a loan. And we in this model need to go."
In the meantime, the government is ready to assist farmers in connection with their new challenges. Farmers in the first place it is important to extend the loans they made in the past few years and have not had time yet to return.
Also, the prime minister signed a decree on the extension of favorable fuel prices. Discount for farmers, said Deputy Prime Minister Dvorkovich, will be 20 percent instead of 30. "Volumes will meet the needs of the second half - the volume of the first half, plus 15-20 percent," - he said.
Finally, Medvedev spoke of the need to promptly decide on the cereal intervention and the necessary volume. Minister of Agriculture has promised to submit proposals in the coming days.
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