The Russian Ministry of Agriculture recently presented ambitious plans. 1500 hectares of greenhouses are to be built in the next five years, the harvest of tomatoes and cucumbers is to rise to 850,000 tonnes. 65,000 hectares of apple orchards are also to be planted, which should raise the harvest by 1.3 tonnes. To do all of this 270 billion roubles (3.4 billion Euro) is needed, the ministry has calculated.