MINSK, 22 May (BelTA) – When making personnel decisions, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke about the impact of bad weather on agriculture, BelTA has learned.
Addressing the new heads of the local governments, the head of state commented on the challenges facing agricultural workers this year in view of abnormal weather conditions in May. As the president put it, the frosts 'did their dirty work' causing some damage to the crops. However, the situation is not critical at the moment. “There is no disaster,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted. As the head of state was told, it is necessary to replant a relatively small amount of crops. And this work has essentially been done already.
Surprisingly, adverse weather conditions affected grain crops the most, not rapeseed. According to the president, the affected areas were replanted with corn, due to which the grain harvest in total weight may even be bigger than expected.
In addition, more potatoes were planted this year. According to the president, this crop was sown even by those who had never grown it before. “I recommend you to do this, you still have time. There are seeds. This needs to be communicated to everyone. The demand for potatoes will be colossal, as our main sales market, Russia, has also experienced serious frosts that led to the huge loss of potatoes,” explained Aleksandr Lukashenko.
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