State Duma deputy proposed to cancel the introduction of a mandatory registration procedure in the FSIS "GRAIN" system for small businesses

Among the important issues that were discussed at the meeting of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the direction of "Agriculture" was the issue of introducing the FSIS "Grain" system. From July 1, 2022, registration in the system for agricultural producers will become voluntary, and from September 1 - mandatory.
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues, President of ACCOR Vladimir Nikolayevich Plotnikov spoke on behalf of farmers with a proposal to cancel the introduction of a mandatory registration procedure in the FSIS "Grain" system for small businesses by the end of this year. it is necessary to keep only the voluntary procedure for registration this year, and the mandatory one to start next year. This will allow small agricultural producers to master the system and learn how to work in it.
ACCOR receives requests from peasant farms and regional associations with requests to correlate the real working conditions of small producers with the requirements of the new system. Recently, the Presidium of the Council of ACKOR took place, at which the topic of the FSIS “Grain” became the central one - farmers believe that the requirements of the system are largely redundant and difficult to meet for small forms of farming.
“In practice, you will need to send a large amount of information and documents to the system. The farmer and so at the same time is a combine driver, driver, tractor driver. He simply will not be able to do this without stopping the field work," V.N. Plotnikov believes.
“In addition, the rules require providing information on grain from each cadastral plot. This is not feasible for small forms of management - the farmer harvests from the field, and not from the cadastral plots, ”the parliamentarian explains.
Small producers do not have enough storage space: there are farmers who do not have them at all. At the same time, the system requires shipment from the warehouse and excludes the sale of grain from under the combine. Also, to work in the FSIS, it is necessary to have a weighing facility, which is also not available in all peasant farms.
There is one more nuance that must be taken into account: in rural areas, the Internet is unstable.
“Farmers are working in the field today and cannot fill out the tables and receive training at this time. Their main task is to grow and harvest. For the country, this is of great importance, since small-scale farming produces a significant share of grain. Only peasant farms grew more than 30% of all grain last year,” the State Duma deputy emphasized.
The mandatory introduction of the FSIS “Zerno” system within the specified time frame may have a negative impact on the harvesting campaign in 2022.

Source: Association of Peasants (Farmers) and Agricultural Cooperatives of RUSSIA (AKKOR)