Evgeniya Kravchenko during the convention at Macfrut.
"On the contrary, Italians can do and gain a lot in Russia'' - Evgeniya Kravchenko, marketing and food promotion expert, affirmed, during a convention at the Macfrut event in Rimini - ''The fruit and vegetable sector is developing more than other fields". Krasnodar is the region where fruit and vegetable growing is most developed.
Russia has decided to start again by limiting importation and becoming more self-sufficient, but letting foreign countries make investments.
In 2014, the Russian government approved more than 500 projects of foreign investments. "In 2015 - Evgeniya said – importation of fruit and vegetable products decreased by 33%". Yet, Russia needs 20.5 million tons of vegetables per year.
Gianluca Bagnara, economic analyst, has affirmed several times that the embargo is a form of self-protection and it is going to last a long time.
Russia is a great power, but it can be easily defeated in a few days because it is not self-sufficient yet as far as food is concerned since it produces only 15% of the total amount. Putin's goal, on the other hand, is to reach 50% in a few years.
Evgeniya concluded "Russia's priorities are financing the construction of greenhouses to produce vegetables for a longer period and developing infrastructures and logistics. The government will pay 20% of the expenses to build the greenhouses, from 3 to 30 hectares. Material can be imported up to 70%".