The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Oksana Lut, participated in the "Development of Rural Areas Together" dialogue as part of the 4th All-Russian Urban Forum "Small Motherland - Russia's Strength", held at the Timiriatsev Center. During the speech it was noted that the sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex is related to raising the standard of living of the rural population, and the local governments have a special role in this work. According to the state program for the integrated development of rural areas (CRST), from 2020, considering the current year, the events will cover 20 million people and 13.5 thousand settlements; 6.5 thousand infrastructure facilities will be built and repaired; Thanks to the "rural mortgage", 160 thousand families purchased housing, about 5.5 thousand more received housing for rent; The share of affordable housing has increased from 36.3% to 48.4% since 2019. The EEOC is implementing 73 long-term development programs covering more than 1.7 million residents that will form the basis of federal funding. A list of more than 2.1 thousand stronghold settlements was approved, over 1.5 thousand of which are centers of rural clusters with a population of 35 million people. Personnel training for the agro-industrial complex begins at school: more than 2,000 agrotechnical classes operate in 81 regions, an "AgroProfi" grant is given to support colleges, and projects of "Sports Land", "Leaders of the agro-industrial complex", "AgroChange" and "I Bagro" are carried out for young people. The role of partnership with businesses is excellent: in the Pavlovsky district of the Voronezh region, together with the agricultural holding Agroko, infrastructure projects are being implemented, jobs are being created and the social environment is being updated. Finally, Oksana Lot emphasized: "The development of rural areas requires constant interaction with municipalities. It is important to identify risks in time, openly discuss problematic issues and jointly find solutions. The municipalities bear the burden and the main responsibility for the development of the areas and the creation of comfortable living conditions for the people.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Oksana Lut, participated in the "Development of Rural Areas Together" dialogue as part of the 4th All-Russian Urban Forum "Small Motherland - Russia's Strength", held at the Timiriatsev Center. During the speech it was noted that the sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex is related to raising the standard of living of the rural population, and the local governments have a special role in this work. According to the state program for the integrated development of rural areas (CRST), from 2020, considering the current year, the events will cover 20 million people and 13.5 thousand settlements; 6.5 thousand infrastructure facilities will be built and repaired; Thanks to the "rural mortgage", 160 thousand families purchased housing, about 5.5 thousand more received housing for rent; The share of affordable housing has increased from 36.3% to 48.4% since 2019. The EEOC is implementing 73 long-term development programs covering more than 1.7 million residents that will form the basis of federal funding. A list of more than 2.1 thousand stronghold settlements was approved, over 1.5 thousand of which are centers of rural clusters with a population of 35 million people. Personnel training for the agro-industrial complex begins at school: more than 2,000 agrotechnical classes operate in 81 regions, an "AgroProfi" grant is given to support colleges, and projects of "Sports Land", "Leaders of the agro-industrial complex", "AgroChange" and "I Bagro" are carried out for young people. The role of partnership with businesses is excellent: in the Pavlovsky district of the Voronezh region, together with the agricultural holding Agroko, infrastructure projects are being implemented, jobs are being created and the social environment is being updated. Finally, Oksana Lot emphasized: "The development of rural areas requires constant interaction with municipalities. It is important to identify risks in time, openly discuss problematic issues and jointly find solutions. The municipalities bear the burden and the main responsibility for the development of the areas and the creation of comfortable living conditions for the people.