Gardeners in Kabardino-Balkaria decided to deal seriously with the dominance of foreign apples in Russia. By the most humble data, the share of imported fruit at present is about 80%.
According to the experience of farmers of the southern republic, the cost of setting up, and growing gardens on one hectare of land is approximately 1.5 million rubles, and the harvest from this area brings 50-80 tons of fruit. It is sufficient to pay for all the investments in the second year.
Let us recall that in the last four years, there has been laid about a thousand acres of apple trees in Kabardino-Balkaria, from which growers have collected 72,000 tons of fruit. Harvest of this size completely satisfies the needs of the republic. But in the future farmers plan to increase the area of gardens to 20 hectares and to enter the markets of the neighboring regions of Russia.
Source: www.fruitnews.ru