Promising potato varieties are being tested on Sakhalin

The government of the region, within the framework of the state program for the development of agriculture, provides potato growers with subsidies in the amount of 30-70 percent of their costs. The funds are used to compensate for part of the costs of purchasing seed material, including delivery to the territory of the region.
In 2024, state allocations for the implementation of measures for scientific support of agricultural production were doubled. The task of the authorities is to stimulate variety testing of innovative domestic varieties.
In the new season, agroecological tests of six varieties of early and mid-early ripening crops of “SeDeK” breeding were carried out on the basis of the Sakhalin Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture. Each of them has its own characteristics, taking into account which it is possible to obtain an excellent harvest both in quantitative and qualitative characteristics.
Scientists evaluate the real potential and plasticity of a particular variety, its adaptive abilities. Identify important periods that require special attention in potato production in the Sakhalin region. They develop recommendations for growing new products on the market.