The Governor of Primorye Vladimir Miklushevsky has told the Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev about the plans and achievements in the industry at the meeting, which was held today in Vladivostok. The head of the region called made in recent years measures to support agriculture in the region is "unprecedented". According to him, they have already brought results.

"When I was appointed Governor, arable land was used by 45 per cent, now at 65 – percent utilization we increase every year, – said Vladimir Miklushevsky. – Almost completely provide ourselves with potatoes and vegetables of open ground. 80 percent of increased production of corn, half – soybean production by 10 percent – milk production, of course, this figure should be increased. By 2020 the planned pork production to increase by 14 times".

The head of the region told the Minister about plans to export pork to China. "Primorye 1 100 kilometers of the border with China. In the hour or two's flight from us live more than 400 million people, this is a huge market. We had to create the territory of priority development "Michael", and now the company "Rusagro", "merci trade" deploy their workshop on pork production", – said the Governor of Primorye.

The Minister thanked Vladimir Miklushevsky for success in the industry. "Actually, you are now whole country is watching. The far East is a promising area for attracting investment. It focused a lot of government decisions with regards to Special economic zones, Tori, privileges and preferences to investors. And, as a consequence, in Primorye go serious and powerful players in the field of agro-industrial complex", – said Alexander Tkachev.

Primorsky Governor also talked about how much attention is paid to such forms of achieving food security in the region, as breeding and genetics.

"We understand that food security cannot be achieved without selection-genetic centers. We work together with the company "Rusagro" and Israeli counterparts in this direction. And, of course, applied breeding and seed production, recognizing that it is important to provide themselves with their own stock of seeds, and produce them taking into account the climatic conditions of the territory", – he told.

The Minister of agriculture, in turn, noted that the task is not only to feed the local population, but also to enter export markets, not to mention the development of fishing clusters. And expressed confidence that together the Ministry and the regional administration will do much to address issues on food security and export.