Dera la Astrakhan likupitilizabe kulimbikitsa udindo wake ngati chigawo chimodzi cha "mbatata" ku Russia. Mu 2020, a Astrakhan agrarians adakolola mbatata yayikulu kwambiri pakati pa zigawo zonse za Southern Federal District, ndipo zotsatira zake mdziko lonse ndizabwino kwambiri - malo achinayi. Izi zinalengezedwa ndi mutu wa Unduna wa Zaulimi Ruslan Pashayev.
M'zaka zaposachedwa, dera la Astrakhan lakhala likukulitsa zokolola za mbatata. Pashayev adanenanso kuti ngati mu 2017 adakolola matani 258 a mbatata, ndiye mu 2020 chiwerengerochi chinakwera kufika matani 372.
Zimathandizira pakukula kwa zizindikiro zogwirira ntchito komanso kukhazikitsa ma projekiti akuluakulu azachuma. Chifukwa chake, kampani ya MAPS ikufuna kuyika ndalama pafupifupi ma ruble 4 biliyoni pantchito zaulimi m'boma la Enotaevsky. MAPS amadziwika kale kuti amagulitsa mbatata kumalo opangirako ku Central Russia, komwe amakonzedwa ndikugwiritsidwa ntchito kupanga mitundu yodziwika bwino ya tchipisi ndi zokazinga mumaketani odziwika bwino azakudya.