Russia's new milk self-sufficiency targets for 2030 fall short of food security doctrine levels

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Russia's new milk self-sufficiency targets for 2030 fall short of food security doctrine levels - strategy

MOSCOW. Feb 10 (Interfax) - Russia's new self-sufficiency targets for milk and dairy products as well as berries and fruit, outlined in the updated strategy for the development of the agro-industrial and fisheries complexes and approved by the Russian government on February 7, 2025, are higher than in the previous version of the document, but they still fall short of the levels set in the food security doctrine.

According to the updated strategy, the self-sufficiency level for milk and dairy products in 2030 is expected to reach 88%, up from 85% in the previous version, while the food security doctrine target is 90%. The target is set at 86.3% for 2025, at 86.5% for 2026, at 86.7% for 2027, at 87% for 2028 and at 87.5% for 2029.

The food security doctrine target for self-sufficiency in fruit and berries is set at 60%. The new strategy sets a target of 50% by 2030, which is higher than the previous version's target of 43.2%. The self-sufficiency level for fruit and berries is expected to be 46.7% in 2025, 47% in 2026, 47.5% in 2027, 48% in 2028 and 49% in 2029.

Self-sufficiency in vegetables and melons is still below the food security level - the target for 2025 is 89.2%, while the doctrine's level is 90%. According to the strategy, the target of 90% is expected to be reached in 2029.

However, domestic production of other products significantly exceeds the levels set in the food security doctrine. The updated strategy provides data for 2023, showing that the target for self-sufficiency in grain is exceeded 1.8-fold, for meat and meat products by 16 percentage points, for sugar by 24.2 percentage points, for vegetable oil 2.7-fold, for potatoes by 6 percentage points and for fish and fish products 1.8-fold.

According to the strategy, the food security doctrine's target for self-sufficiency in seeds of major crops (75%) should be achieved by 2030. The target for 2025 is 62%, for 2026 - 65%, for 2027 - 70%, for 2028 - 72%, and for 2029 - 73%.

It is also expected that animal husbandry will be 70% supplied with domestic veterinary medicines and 61% supplied with vaccines by 2030. For 2025, the figures are 54% and 32%, respectively.