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The AEB has been included into the List of industrial unions and associations, interacting with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

09.01.2017

In December 2016, the AEB was informed about its inclusion into the List of industrial unions and associations interacting with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. 


This issue was discussed on 19 November 2016 during the negotiations between Frank Schauff, AEB CEO, and Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister, at the Second World Grain Forum held in Sochi. Inclusion of the AEB in the List will facilitate more effective interaction of its Committees working in agrarian sphere with the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation is a federal executive authority responsible for elaborating state agrarian policy and regulating agricultural sphere, including animal breeding, veterinary, handling of pharmaceuticals for veterinary use, plant growing, plant quarantine, soil reclamation, soil fertility, regulation of agricultural market, food and processing industry, tobacco production and turnover, wine production, sustainable development of the rural areas, and safe handling of pesticides and agrochemicals. The Ministry is also the federal executive authority responsible for selection achievements. The Minister of Agriculture is Aleksander Tkachev.


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