The Lipetsk region is actively developing rural areas and the agricultural sector of the economy

The delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, headed by First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, visited the Lipetsk Region, where they examined a number of facilities created under the state program “Integrated Development of Rural Territories”, and also got acquainted with the work of agricultural enterprises. Currently, more than 400 thousand people live in rural areas of the region – about 36% of the total population. Improving their quality of life is one of the key challenges in the region. The priority includes projects related to school and preschool education. During the working trip, Oksana Lut, together with the head of the region Igor Artamonov, visited a school in the village of Bolshoi Khomutets, built as part of a specialized state program. The new building, which meets all modern standards, houses digital laboratories, music classes, an art studio, a robotics room and the first Agrokvantorium in the country, in which students…