The Russian Federation owns the largest territory. Huge area contributes to the intensive development of agriculture. Over the past few years, Russia has reached the leading position on the cultivation of many cultures. The UN has updated data on the production of agricultural products in the global market. What contributed to progress and how strongly the country has overtaken competitors?

Buckwheat is the traditional culture of our fields. The main advantages of buckwheat is that it quickly matures, has a long shelf life and the beetles are not brewed. Russia ranks first in the cultivation of buckwheat, highly ahead of China and Ukraine.

Hemp has a lot of species. Passive still in Russia was grown for insulation of houses, hungry clothes and pressed the oil. Against the background of the overall rise in production, according to UN calculations, Russia for the cultivation of this culture overtook Chile and Ukraine.

In the production of barley, Russia has greatly ahead of Germany and Spain. Culture is widely used in the country for the production of porridge, animal feed and beer.

In horticulture, Russia came out in the first place for the cultivation of cherries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries. For 8 years there are no European competitors, so the thinking of the gardeners has changed. Growing the berries for itself was converted into production to the market. Only wholesale production is included in the statistics, the bushes of berries in private territories are not taken into account.

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Russia is the global leader in the cultivation of buckwheat. The likelihood that the cereals will end or it will be taken out of them abroad, extremely small. In the country of stocks enough, and in other states, buckwheat is almost not eaten and buy reluctantly.

Russia leads to the cultivation of sugar coarse. The price of sugar relative to the energy that enters the body is small. Russia has closed the internal needs of the Sahara about 5 years. Production is 6.5 million tons, and consumption - approximately 6.25 million tons.

Even if we abstract from a temporary ban on the export of sugar, it is still hard to sell to other countries. There are enough cane sugar vendors in the world. The domestic sugar is not needed in the world market, the maximum where you can sell - the CIS countries. Therefore, buy sugar and buckwheat in stores is inappropriate. There are stocks, and they are big.

What do you think, whether Russia in time has taken poses with its food security? Will it help in the upcoming food crisis that experts promise?

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