Medvedev Says Share Of Russian Farm Machinery In Fields Now Over 60%, Praises Good Result

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published January 19, 2019 | 12:31 AM

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that the increase in the share of Russian agricultural machinery operating in crop fields to more than 60 percent was a good result

KRASNODAR (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th January, 2019) Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that the increase in the share of Russian agricultural machinery operating in crop fields to more than 60 percent was a good result.

"In 2006, when we started a national agriculture project, I want to emphasize that the share of machinery not junk, but active and working [machinery] that we had in the fields was 5-7 percent, maybe 10 percent .

.. Now we have more than 60 percent of Russian-made pieces of machinery. This is a good result. Especially since it was achieved in a short time," Medvedev said during a meeting in Krasnodar.

Medvedev also noted that demand for Russian-made machinery increased abroad, adding that the government planned to further promote its export, including within the framework of national projects for the development of priority industries.