Patrushev instructed to monitor personnel in the agro-industrial complex by the end of 2024

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev has instructed to monitor the composition and movement of personnel employed in the agro-industrial complex (AIC) by the end of 2024. He said this on December 20 at a meeting of the Government Commission on agro-industrial, fishery complexes and sustainable development of rural areas.

"Undoubtedly, people are the backbone of any industry. It is our agrarians who provide food security of Russia with their labor. Modern agriculture is a sphere of technological innovations and training of specialists should keep up with the development of the industry," he said.

During the meeting they also discussed the new national project "Technological support of food security", which will be launched in 2025. It includes a separate federal project to train high-tech specialists. The main goal of the project is to provide the industry with at least 95% of trained personnel.

"Continuous training of future specialists should start from the school bench. The pilot project on creation of agro-technological classes is aimed at this. Now such classes are operating in eight regions. By 2030, within the framework of the federal project, there should be 18 thousand of them in the country," - said Deputy Prime Minister.

On December 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the "Results of the Year" that work in rural areas is becoming more and more interesting, and this industry requires highly qualified personnel, in this regard, attention to work in agriculture should be increased. He noted that agricultural producers should create conditions for targeting people for training of personnel to work in rural areas. And in the course of training they should select personnel for themselves, ensure their employment at enterprises and practical training.