Citizens of Russia should not only eat nourishing, but also useful. Therefore, in their diet must be present vegetables, berries and fruits. And that no external factors such as economic embargo could damage the proper nutrition of Russians, the Ministry of Agriculture revised the Doctrine of Food Security. Already in February, it will be discussed in the government, Izvestia reports, and then given to the president for signature. The main innovation of the document is the inclusion in the list of necessary products of vegetables, which must be 90% domestic and fruit and berries, at least 70% of which must be grown in Russia. The norms were also changed for a number of indicators, which were included in the previous version of the Doctrine of 2010. In particular, the share of domestic market supply with domestic vegetable oil and sugar is required to be raised from the current 80% to 90%; Fish and fish products - from 80% to 85%. As explained in the Ministry of Agriculture, the processing of the document was caused by vital realities:

the economic sanctions imposed by the West and the Russian response to them revealed gaps in supplying Russia with products. A course was taken for import substitution, which for many vectors successfully worked. For example, the country already provides itself with 96% vegetables. But the share of local berries and fruits is still extremely small - in 2017. the indicator was only 36%. The inclusion of this item in the Food Security Doctrine will allow the state to devote more resources and resources to this branch of agriculture.