Features of national support in agriculture.
The OECD published a report on agricultural policy issues for 2025. The report covers information from 54 countries and is based on self-reported and publicly available information. This includes data on government support in the Russian agricultural sector. At the same time, the calculation methodology, unlike the data of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, takes into account a wider range of indicators, and not only the official budget, which makes the estimates more objective and comparable to other countries.
The total support is generated as an amount.
Support to producers (direct payments and subsidies, price measures, etc.), spending on general services (science, infrastructure, marketing, etc.), which are not directed directly to individual producers, and the annual financial value of transfers that consumers receive as a result of agricultural policy measures (subsidies directly to consumers through preferential programs, measures to maintain food prices below those that would prevail in the free market, including price support Marketing, which, through tariffs and quotas, create the difference between domestic and world prices and can be lower than domestic and foreign prices higher than domestic and foreign prices above, ensures a redistribution of resources between producers and consumers). In 2025, according to the OECD, total support to agriculture (direct and indirect) amounted to 1,281 billion rubles. At the same time, the total budget support amounted to 670 billion rubles (2024 - 702 billion rubles).
Support for general services and infrastructure has remained roughly at the same level over the past 3 years. The main focus is support for manufacturers, which accounts for more than 80% of total spending (USA - 39%, Brazil - 56%, China - 91%, EU - 86%, New Zealand - 26%).