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The new Committee will formulate the responsible approach of Russian business to solving social problems related to ensuring the affordability of food for all groups of the Russian population.

Starting this month, Cherkizovo Group CEO Sergey Mikhailov will chair the Committee of Food Policy in Russia. The Committee was formed at the initiative of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs’ (RSPP) and seeks to solve social problems related to ensuring the affordability of food for all groups of the Russian population. Also, it will harness the opportunities offered by innovation, modern technology and best management practice to improve the quality of domestic agriculture output. The Committee will encourage the development of new consumption habits, including the drive towards ever healthier eating. This will be achieved through the launch of enhanced products and fostering of organic agriculture and food tech industries, according to a press release.

Beyond domestic food issues, the Committee will also look abroad. Tasks include developing Russian agriculture exports, cementing Russian agribusiness’s position in international markets and enhancing Russia’s role in the fight for global food security. The Committee also has its eyes set on optimizing the investment climate surrounding Russian food manufacturing, stimulating entrepreneurship in the agricultural and affiliated sectors as well as upping the involvement of small and medium-sized businesses in agricultural production.

“It’s a great honour to lead the RSPP Committee on Food Policy. Ahead of us stand numerous serious tasks. Yet, together I know we will take effective measures to improve the accessibility of quality food for all Russians. What’s more, we will be calling on a range of tools to improve transnational cooperation and thereby strengthen the clout and reputation of Russian farmers in international markets, whose products have such huge export potential,” commented Sergey Mikhailov, CEO of Cherkizovo Group.

Cherkizovo Group joined the RSPP in August 2019. Cherkizovo forms part of the Union’s Commission on the Agricultural Complex and also helps establish the industry’s position on various matters, including, among others, improving access to government agriculture support measures and developing the export potential of Russian livestock products.