Shpakovsky: technologies, personnel and discipline are needed to double agricultural exports

Agrarians of Belarus, according to operational data on the morning of November 11, threshed more than 11.4 million tons of grain, including rapeseed and corn. The collected volume is sufficient not only to ensure the domestic market, but also to increase export supplies. Last year, the country earned a record $10 billion in food and agricultural supplies, and the Head of State set a task to double this result. On how to achieve this goal, in the talk show “Budni” on the YouTube channel “SBTV” and “Alfa Radio” discussed the Deputy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Shpakovsky, writes sb.by.

According to him, to perform the task, obviously, several conditions are necessary:

- Technologies, financial resources, competencies, labor discipline and labor productivity, personnel. All of these factors together will yield significant results. And motivation, of course. For some positions we are ready, for others we have to find a solution. The personnel problem will have to be solved in a comprehensive way: by stimulating workers from cities to find employment in rural areas and attracting foreign labor in reasonable quantities. And, of course, the introduction of smart farming technologies. We have the relevant programs and plans, the competences are sufficient. Farmers perform the tasks set by the Head of State.

The Deputy drew attention to how the situation has changed in recent decades:

- Let’s look at what the situation looked like 20-25 years ago. We bought grain in foreign markets and were forced to do so. I remember the calls of the so-called opposition figures not to sell grain to Belarus. They wanted to take away bread, to put it bluntly. We have had food security for over 15 years. And now we are not only able to feed ourselves, we are a significant exporter of agricultural products on the market of other countries.

Summing up, Alexander Shpakovsky noted that the task set by the Head of State can be accomplished, and Belarus has all the opportunities for this:

- I believe that by 2030 it is quite realistic to increase our agricultural exports while implementing all the goals and objectives of the socio-economic development program, which we approved at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly.

The talk show “Budney” is released on weekdays in the morning on “Alpha Radio”. Each issue discusses the most relevant topics from the life of the country and the world. Political scientists, scientists, public figures and journalists of leading media participate in the discussions. See the full version of the program on the VIDEOBEL.BY website and on the SBTV YouTube channel.