13 Feb 2014 14:36

Agriculture sector may need 30 bln rubles in additional budget money in 2014 - Fyodorov

MOSCOW. Feb 13 (Interfax) - The Russian Agriculture Ministry reckons that the farm sector may need an additional 30 billion rubles in support from the federal budget this year, on top of the 170 billion rubles already earmarked for the sector.

"In order to resolve all the problems, all the questions that need to be resolved, we, the ministry in the sector, would need 30 billion [rubles]," Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov said at a briefing on Thursday.

"But that is an Agriculture Ministry dream," Fyodorov said.