The agriculture has received 33 billion roubles out of the stipulated 50 billion as a part of the anti-crisis program. This was announced by the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, as “Interfax” repots.

      According to the Head of the government, the state supports the industry as a “privileged one”. He recalled that, in addition to the anti-crisis plan, there is also a state program for 188 billion roubles.

      Medvedev noted that there was an increase in the production of major products last year. In general, the agriculture has grown by 4 percent (in particular, crop production has grown by 5 percent, livestock - just slightly above 2, fishing has increased by 7 percent).