In the Volga region on the territory of New Zavolzhye LLC, in solemn ceremony, they commissioned 1 stage of an on-farm irrigation system with an area of 570 hectares, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Samara Region said.
The work of the new reclamation facility will contribute to an increase in the production of agricultural crops that are exported. When grown on irrigated lands, the average crop yield increases. So, in potatoes and vegetables it reaches 340 centners per hectare, in cereals - 100 centners per hectare, in soybeans - 30 centners per hectare.
The regional ministry of agriculture considers the main task for this year to be the introduction of 3.3 thousand hectares into agricultural circulation. lands under irrigation.
Of these, 1.4 thousand will be introduced with the assistance of the Federal project “Export of agricultural products”, which provides for 70% compensation for the costs incurred in restoring or erecting irrigation systems from budgets at the regional and federal levels. For this, more than 395 million rubles have already been included in the federal budget.
According to the head of the municipality, Yevgeny Bogomolov, the Volga region has great potential for water in the circulation of irrigated areas. Over the past few years, watering has become more. Their number increased from 9 to 16 thousand ha.
