Eugene Gerden

The crisis in the Russian agrochemicals sector is deepening, due to tightening sanctions, political pressure, and deterioration of the country’s economic situation.

Following years of double-digit growth the country’s crop input manufacturers expect slower growth due to myriad issues.

Agrochemical imports to Russia was expected to decline, mainly due to production shutdowns at major Russian trading partners in Europe, China, and Israel.

Growing demand on the global markets for high-quality agricultural production will secure further growth of the crop protection market in Russia.

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in AgriBusiness Global’s May/June print magazine. We now also distribute the magazine digitally for added…

“One of the main problems of Russian agriculture is its small range of crops, which has resulted in a slowly developing local agricultural industry … Growing GM crops will allow Russian farmers to diversify crop rotation.” –Maxim Basov, CEO of RusAgro

Top crop protection players are poised to extend their reach in Ukraine.

Market expected to grow a healthy 6.2 % per year through 2017.

The Russian crop protection industry needs urgent reforms in order to remain competitive and continue to attract investments for its…