The welfare of any country is largely determined by the level and pace of agricultural development. Unfortunately, in recent years, Russia cannot boast of particular success in this area. The government is making efforts to develop agriculture in the regions, but it will not be easy in the near future to achieve a leading position in the global economy according to most indicators.
Features of agriculture in Russia
Russian agriculture consists of two main sectors: livestock and crop production. In turn, each of them has a finer division. A significant place in the development of regional agriculture is occupied by the production of grain and industrial crops, as well as vegetable growing.
The most important livestock industries are livestock and poultry farming. Dairy and dairy and beef cattle breeding is characteristic of the country's forest zone. In more arid areas and semi-deserts, livestock rearing dominates for meat.
In the development of regions, fishing has recently acquired special significance; By catch, the Russian Federation is confidently in the top ten.
The territorial distribution of agricultural enterprises is influenced by climatic factors: the number of warm days in a year, the amount of rainfall, the duration of the winter period. The composition of the soil is also important: the richer it is with minerals, the wider the network of agricultural enterprises.
