Potatoes can suddenly become exotic on the tables of Russians. The Board of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, chaired by Tatyana Golikova, summed up the results of the process of import substitution of fruit and vegetable products for the period from 2015 to 2017. According to the preliminary results of the All-Russian Agricultural Census - 2016, over the last 10 years, the acreage for potatoes in households fell by a factor of 1.7, in addition, the number of households decreased from 20.2 to 18.7 million units. Delicious favorite of Russians can become scarce. "According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the country's self-sufficiency in potatoes in 2017. will be 90.7% with the threshold set by the Doctrine of Food Security of the Federation for a threshold of at least 95%. This is 7 percentage points below the level of 2016 g. (in 2015 g. - 105.1% in 2016. - 97.7%), "- said the auditor Bato-Zhargal Zhambalnimbuev.

He added that the volume of production of fruit and vegetable products in 2015-2016.

rose, and imports of major types of fruits and vegetables declined, said Tak, imports of fresh vegetables in decreased in 2015-2016. in 1.8 times, fruits - by 13.8%.

A separate problem lies in the underdeveloped infrastructure for modern storage, logistics and processing of agricultural products. In Russia, there is a shortage of potato storage facilities, and only 2 plants produce machines for cleaning and washing vegetables and forklifts to fill the stores with potatoes, onions and carrots.