The head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Alexander Tkachev said that agriculture will receive an investment of $ 3.8 billion. Rubles on short-term preferential credit products. He said this during a meeting of the Association of

It is expected that the overall investment in this segment for 2017 will amount to 15 billion. Rubles. The funds will be distributed in all areas of the preferential system.

Recall that in the current year in the Russian Federation introduced a program of subsidized loans for agriculture. So credit product rate is not more than five per cent per annum.

According to analysts, today this rate is 15%. During peak times of crisis, this figure was at 30%.

Now the system works as follows: agricultural enterprises send their money to pay for subsidies, and then the amount they reimburse. It is proposed to simplify the system and make up for this part directly in banks.