This year, Russia imported a quarter of meat consumed in the country against a third, imported in 2008. Such data has led the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with First Channel, in response to a question on measures to ensure food security.
In accordance with the concept of food security, Russia has to a large extent to provide for themselves the basic kinds of products - such as potatoes - 95%, milk - roughly 80%.
Dmitry Medvedev admitted that at present some of the requirements are not met - in particular on milk and meat output at these positions have not yet occurred. However, according to the president, in a time of crisis in Russia has decreased import of meat and milk from abroad, which the head of state, and allows domestic agriculture to grow at the same time, guarantees of increases in the prices of related products that are bought for foreign currency.
This is very good in terms of food security. Because in the past year we have approximately one-third of all meat imported. Now, most likely as a result of this year it will be somewhere in the quarter, - to predict Dmitry Medvedev.
Speaking about the importance of food security, Medvedev explained: Security, it is in all aspects of a way to provide some interest. Therefore, food security - it is a way for the government to create an environment where people of ourcountry, people who live in our country will provide food for normal, at reasonable prices. This is what is food security, if we simply .
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