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According to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, in order to fill supermarket shelves with potatoes, the authorities plan to organize purchases from abroad.
At the end of 2024, the potato harvest in Russia has sharply decreased, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Oksana Lut admitted at a meeting in the government. According to her, as a result of the harvesting campaign, about 7 million tons of potatoes were collected, The Moscow Times writes.
It is noted that this is almost 20% lower than last year’s harvest, which, according to the Potato Union, reached 8.6 million tons. The harvested potatoes, as follows from Lut's words, may not be enough to meet domestic consumption, which, according to the Constitutional Court's estimates, is 8 million tons. According to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, in order to fill supermarket shelves with potatoes, the authorities plan to organize purchases due to…
