Order No. 93 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating the Regulation on selection and financing of basic viticultural and gardening farms. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Viticulture/oenological practices Floriculture Planting material/seeds Fruits/edible nuts Contract/agreement Plant production Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Order is aimed at promoting more efficient gardening and viticulture and improving cultivation technology to increase productivity through contracts between the Ministry and basic farms to cultivate perennial plants. It also establishes the method of selecting basic viticultural and gardening farms for scientific research institutions and defines the role of such institutions in increasing the efficiency of market gardening. Basic viticultural and gardening farms shall be selected to cultivate planting material, fruits and berries. Basic farms shall: (a) supply fruit and berry planting material; (b) supply propagating material of fruit and berry species; (c) establish seed and drupaceous orchards; and (d) produce planting material for new fruit and berry species. The establishment of intensive orchards, berry fields and vineyards shall be financed by the Ministry. Full text Russian Website www.vcom.ru