Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production 143080, Russia, Moscow region, Odintsovo district VNIISSOK, Selectsionnaya st., 14
The article analyzes the current state and prospects of protected ground development in the Russian Federation based on the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Federal State Statistics Service. The indexes of production of vegetable crops in different regions of the Russian Federation are given. The problems, which are holding back the greenhouse business, are discussed. The possibilities of increasing the area of protected ground and vegetable production are shown.