The relevance of growing oats in Russia
The article discusses one of the key problems in ensuring the country's food security - an increase in grain production, including grain-fodder oats. Increasing the productivity of crops such as oats is currently an urgent task. State programs for the development of agriculture and agronomic science pay great attention to the growth of production of basic agricultural products and, therefore, food products. Oats are among the oldest agricultural crops. According to N.I. Vavilov, oats were cultivated later than wheat and barley. Originally found as a weed in wheat and barley. As these crops moved north and into the mountains, oats, due to their endurance to growing conditions, displaced them and entered the culture. The objective and subjective reasons for the decline in the rate and area of oats production are highlighted. Recommendations are given for the elimination of negative factors that impede the growth of productivity of oats and other grain crops.