Today, a  rally  of entrepreneurs of Tatar villages has started in Kazan, which was attended by about 700 representatives of small businesses, farms and farmsteads from 41 regions of the country, as well as Tatar businessmen from Kazakhstan and China.

On the first day of the forum participants will work on  discussion platforms where they are going  to debate  livestock, crop production, fishing, beekeeping, etc., as well as cultural and entertainment program. Tomorrow, it is planned to visit farms of rural entrepreneurs of Arsk and Baltasinsky districts of Tatarstan. The plenary meeting will be held on Saturday, March 11, at the Korston   where the speech by  the Republic’s President Rustam Minnikhanov is expected.

The rally  of entrepreneurs of Tatar villages takes place in the capital of Tatarstan for the sixth time.

According to the executive director of the World Association of Assistance to Tatar Entrepreneurs Farid Urazaev, this year the gathering will meet in a renewed composition. 70% of rural businessmen will participate in his work for the first time. So, not only representatives of Tatar villages, but also entrepreneurs engaged in processing agricultural products, from Moscow, Leningrad, Ivanovo regions, Primorsky Krai – those regions where there are no national villages will  also  participate in the work of the forum.