NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
Progress in Belarus' grain and grain legumes harvest: 371,400 hectares, or 16.4% of the total area as of 3 August. Grain harvest so far: 1,268,800 tonnes
Start of the harvest:
2004 - 29 July, yield* - 26.8 (centners per hectare)
2005 - 31 July, 31.9
2006 - 31 July, 29.2
2007 - 16 July, 27.4
2008 – 26 July 32.8
2009 - 27 July, 37.5
2010 – 18 July, 31.3
2011 - 20 July, 32.2
2012 - 21 July, 36.8
2013 - 20 July, 29.7
2014 - 19 July, 36.6
2015 - 22 July, 36.5
2016 - 19 July, 31.5
2017 - 28 July, harvest not over yet
Grain harvest in Belarus*, thousand tonnes:
1990 – 7,035,000
1995 – 5,502,000
2000 – 4,856,000
2005 – 6,420,400
2010 – 6,987,800
2011 – 8,272,900
2012 – 9,226,200
2013 – 7,599,700
2014 – 9,564,200
2015 – 8,657,000
2016 – 7,460,800
From 1940 till 2015 the areas under grain and grain legumes decreased from 3.4 million to 2.4 million hectares. The gross harvest increased more than 3 times, yield went up 4.6 times.
* At the end of the year
Source: Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus
