MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. Russia’s Agriculture Ministry expects this year’s level of agriculture production to fully saturate the domestic market, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said.

"We expect the level of production in 2024 to enable us to fully saturate the domestic market. And we have our export obligations already formed. Hopefully we will also be able to meet them, considering output volumes," he told an extended meeting of the committee on farming issues at the State Duma (lower house of the parliament).

Last year "ended fairly well" on key areas, the ministry added. "In 2024, we continue observing a positive trend in production and I hope that it will persist during the year," he noted.