Lukashenko about lesson for governors and main task for the Government
During a ceremony honouring the leaders of the agro-industrial complex, the President of Belarus also touched upon a number of current issues. In particular, the Head of State noted that, in general, the agricultural year is over, but there is still half a percent of corn grain in the fields, and every effort must be made to harvest it.
“There is no tragedy in this,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted. “It is not very good that we are working with combine harvesters in the snow today. This suggests that we are working in a zone of risky farming, almost critical farming. This will be a good lesson for our governors, including the Grodno Region, which is surprising. Draw definite conclusions from this.”
According to the President, if late November and early winter turn out the way they did last year, we will still have some days to complete the remaining 15 percent of autumn ploughing. In this context, Aleksandr Lukashenko praised the Brest Region, which has worked ‘more than perfectly’ this year, “So, let’s not relax. There is still work to be done. And the most important thing for which the Government and the Deputy PM are responsible is to sell Belarusian produce. Probably, today only the lazy don’t agree with me that these so-called sanctions are a time of tremendous opportunities for us. I promise you that you won’t have that kind of time again.”
The President urged farmers to value every penny and invest it where they can get even greater returns. Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that at one time we had a certain imbalance, “We have done a lot from the social point of view, building agro-towns and so on, but the production base has lagged behind. So today we have improved the production base. There is still work to be done. During this year, we agreed on dozens of dairy farms, which we must build in December this year and next year, with funding sources identified. If we solve this problem (and, God willing, equip these complexes with normal livestock), we will significantly expand our agricultural production.”
