The northern municipal districts of the Omsk region plan to attract investors

Last week, a meeting was held under the leadership of Andrey Shpilenko, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk Region and representative of the Omsk Region to the Government of the Russian Federation, to attract investors to organize a flax processing plant in the territory of the Znamensky municipal district of the Omsk region.

The meeting was attended by Nikolai Drofa, Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk Region, Andrey Posazhennikov, Minister of Industry and Scientific and Technical Development of the Omsk Region, Dmitry Kalachin, Head of the Project Planning and Support Department of the Regional Agency for Development and Investment, and Sergey Maksimov, Head of the Znamensk Municipal District of the Omsk Region.

During the workshop, the current state of the production base for the primary processing of flax in the territory of the Znamensky district, the possibilities for increasing the acreage for growing crops and the volume of its primary processing were discussed. In addition, the issue of the possible organization of deep processing of flax fiber produced in the northern regions of the Omsk region was raised.

Following the results of the business meeting, the Agency's specialists will analyze the experience of the regions of the Siberian Federal District in the cultivation, primary and deep processing of flax and form proposals for a list of potential investors. In October 2023, an off-site meeting is planned with the heads of municipal districts of the Omsk region (Znamensky, Bolsheukovsky, Sedelnikovsky) and entrepreneurs to discuss issues of expanding the volume of cultivation and processing of agricultural products.