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At the end of 2025, it is planned to develop national standards for organic agriculture. This follows from the plan for the implementation of the Strategy for the Development of Organic Products Production until 2030, proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture.

The plans of the agricultural department for 2024 include the creation of tools for recording “green products” and the development of a comprehensive plan for scientific research in this area. Next year it is also expected to ensure recognition of Russian certificates of conformity by countries importing organic products, as well as to help Russian organic producers enter foreign markets.

Already at the end of 2024, entrepreneurial accelerators will be organized and agrotechnological hubs will be created on the basis of leading agricultural educational organizations. Russian “green” products also need to be brought to the EAEU market; the Ministry of Agriculture expects to conclude an agreement on their recognition in the second quarter of 2025.

The document also provides for the creation by the end of next year of a network of representative offices of the National Competence Center for the Development of Organic and “Green” Products of Roskachestvo in the federal districts.

Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the Strategy for the development of organic production until 2030, according to which “green” products will be included in the menu of schools, kindergartens and hospitals.

The authors of the strategy set a goal to increase the consumption of organic products in the country from 24.4 billion rubles in 2021 to 149.8 billion by 2030.

The authors of the strategy note the importance of qualified personnel for the development of the industry. From 2027, they plan to annually train 4 thousand specialists, managers and entrepreneurs in the field of organic agriculture. There are already 111 manufacturers of organic goods in Russia that have received Russian certificates of conformity, and such products are produced in 47 regions. In 2021, up to 80 percent of organic consumption occurred in large cities - Moscow and St. Petersburg.

By 2030, product consumption in Moscow alone could exceed 100 billion rubles, of which about 15 percent will be the most popular organic goods among Russians - milk and dairy products. Organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, cheeses and groceries, baby food and alcohol are also in demand among consumers.