Today, the publication "News" goes with the material, which refers to the decision of Russia to help countries in need. We are talking about the participation of the Russian Federation to the UN Food Program. Offer of help came to the president on several Russian ministries, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As reported, President approved the proposal and instructed to take the necessary steps the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance.
What will help?
As it turns out, assistance to countries in need will be "surplus" last year's harvest. Stats 2017 year suggests that, that the country attracted about 134 million tons of grain for internal consumption of about 80 million tons.
Given the existence of a "surplus" in the Russian Federation, Director of the UN World prodprogrammy said David Beasley, that Russia could be on a grant basis to share their harvest with those countries, who are experiencing serious problems in providing food. Then in Moscow frequent leaders of several African countries, who hastened to declare, that their country, like no one else, in need of humanitarian aid supplies from Russia through the WFP.
known, that Russia could decide on that country, which will help "surplus" harvest. At the same time, WFP will take into account the, that Russia should spend more on transportation of humanitarian cargo.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said, that the delivery of humanitarian aid in the form of grain to needy countries "will improve the image of Russia as a major humanitarian donor", as well as "to stabilize the food market".
To provide humanitarian aid to needy - it, certainly, good. But there is a problem is exposed and how the absence in our country at present processing capacity of the record harvest, who manages to collect the workers, farmers in recent years,. In fact, in the state do not fully understand, that with record volumes of grain after harvesting to do.
