The head of the Federation Council committee on science, education and culture, Lilia Gumerova, noted that investments in domestic seed production and measures that stimulate the commercial interest of businesses in the purchase of domestic seeds can solve the problem with a low level of seed import substitution. It should also be noted that the import of potato seeds in 2021 increased by 80.4 percent compared to 2020. In addition, the indicator of the share of seeds of foreign selection in the volume sown for potatoes is constantly growing - from 54 percent in 2017 to 65.2 percent in 2021. At the same time, this indicator is not available in the subprogram for potatoes, although it is available in the subprograms for sugar beet and oilseeds. Import of potato seeds in 2021 increased by 80.4% According to Mayorov, the share of seeds of domestic selection in the volume sown for potatoes decreased in 2021 compared to 2020 from 8.8 to 8.7 percent. The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko had already drawn attention to the low rates of import substitution of potato and sugar beet seeds during the consideration of the law on seed production. Mayorov also stressed that there must be "some kind of state assignment" that would ensure the use of seeds created by scientists in sowing domestic crops. Aleksey Mayorov noted that the seeds created by representatives of the scientific community "are not always in demand by business." Mr. This issue was discussed at an expanded meeting of the committee on the results of the implementation of the Federal Scientific and Technical Program (FSTP) for the development of agriculture for 2017–2025. According to Mayorov, the situation with potato and sugar beet seeds is close to catastrophic. At the same time, according to market participants, there is no more than 5% of locally produced sugar beet seeds from what is needed. These are winter wheat (94%), spring wheat (91%), leguminous and fodder crops (86%), rice (84%), oats (81%) and barley (78%). This follows from the presentation of the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Valery Falkov at a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian Food Policy and Environmental Management.
For only seven major agricultural crops, Russia provides itself with its seeds above the minimum threshold of 75%, which is indicated in the Food Security Doctrine. This issue can be resolved only with the participation of business and science.
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