Analysis of the current state and development of agriculture and medicine plant growing in Russia

The article analyzes the current state and dynamics of agriculture development in the Russian Federation, as well as medicinal plant growing as its sub-sector. We have given the key indicators, reflecting the active development of agriculture for the last 10 years, such as growth of gross value added, significant increase in fixed capital expenditures and financial investments, record export volumes of grain crops. Such trends in agriculture development, as strategies of agricultural producers aimed at reducing costs, growth in production, entry into new markets, etc., are revealed. We have estimated the key indicators of the current state of medicinal plant growing, including acreage, gross yield and yield of medicinal and essential oil crops, for the last 7 years, and identified the major problems and prerequisites for the revival of medicinal plant growing in the framework of “Helthnet” roadmap, developed by the National Technology Initiative.