the Ministry hopes that these measures will allow farmers to significantly expand markets, to organize their own retail outlets and cooperative markets, including chain stores of farm products.
This is a real measure of support, which is very much in demand from farmers, said the first Deputy Chairman of state Duma Committee on agrarian issues, the President of the Association of peasant (farmer) farms and agricultural cooperatives of Russia (AKKOR) Vladimir Plotnikov. In his opinion, this will allow small farmers (singly or United in cooperatives) to organize its sales outlets. Before the funds are often not enough. This measure will allow to solve the global problem is to displace the middlemen from the supply chain of farm products to markets, said Plotnikov. Accordingly, for consumers get significantly lower prices. “The buyer will receive milk from a farm, meat, vegetables, fruits as fresh, high-quality and affordable price,” – said the Deputy. And the farmers, in turn, can expect greater profitability from their business.
Recall, to work out additional measures to increase sales of produce from farms and cooperatives, the Russian President instructed the Ministry of industry and trade and the Ministry of agriculture in mid-may. “They (farmers – approx. ed.) it is difficult to get in shops. We spent years talking about it. And the creation of its sites for product sales not enough resources”, – said Vladimir Putin.
