MINSK, 19 December (BelTA) - The latest episode of the documentary series Time Chose Us aired by the Belarus 1 TV channel shone a light on the Lida-based agricultural machinery producer Lidagroprommash and the reason why Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko decided to help the company in 2000, BelTA has learned.
"We will support the production of this harvester in the same way as we support the production of Gomselmash harvesters at Gomselmash today. This is our combine harvester! The speculations some personalities have been promoting saying that we don't need Lida combine harvester, that we produce it with the Germans and we don't need it very much are just idle talk. The decision was made: we will produce this combine harvester together with the Germans. Gradually replacing imported components with Belarusian ones. Today we already make half of them in Belarus. Lidagroprommash partners up with 15 Belarusian factories to make harvesters. Therefore, it is an extremely profitable production,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said on that occasion.
Food security in the 1990s was one of the most acute issues for the government. Belarus was not yet able to provide for its people. The Minsk retail network sold butter made by Moscow producers. Belarusian producers in general switched to the production of the once popular butter brand Buterbrodnoe. The Ministry of Trade had to announce a tender for the purchase of imported chicken thighs.
The production and technical capacities were insufficient to change the situation. Enterprises were deeply in the red: $375 million for gas and $192 million for electricity. 67% of the debtors were agricultural enterprises. In an extremely difficult situation, a tough decision was made to support Belarusian agrarians. The president visited the Lidagroprommash plant.
The production and technical capacities were insufficient to change the situation. Enterprises were deeply in the red: $375 million for gas and $192 million for electricity. 67% of the debtors were agricultural enterprises. In an extremely difficult situation, a tough decision was made to support Belarusian agrarians. The president visited the Lidagroprommash plant.
"We will support the production of this harvester in the same way as we support the production of Gomselmash harvesters at Gomselmash today. This is our combine harvester! The speculations some personalities have been promoting saying that we don't need Lida combine harvester, that we produce it with the Germans and we don't need it very much are just idle talk. The decision was made: we will produce this combine harvester together with the Germans. Gradually replacing imported components with Belarusian ones. Today we already make half of them in Belarus. Lidagroprommash partners up with 15 Belarusian factories to make harvesters. Therefore, it is an extremely profitable production,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said on that occasion.
The new grain harvester literally immediately became an integral part of the Belarusian agriculture industry. Already by the end of the 2000s it overtook the popular Rostov Don harvesters.
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