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“The current production volumes allow us to meet the demand of processing enterprises and fully meet the needs of the population in the main types of cereals,” the ministry said.
In particular, in order to maintain stable prices this year, the cultivated areas under buckwheat have increased by 12.1%.
Meanwhile, according to Rosstat, this year there was a sharp reduction in the area for millet (raw material for the production of millet) - minus 32.6%.
Oats have been sown by 3.9% less than last year.
Earlier, the chairman of the Union of Consumers of Russia, Pyotr Shelishch, in an interview with Vechernyaya Moskva, announced a possible rise in prices for basic products.