Golovchenko spoke about plans for the harvest this year

April 2, Minsk. Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko spoke about plans for this year's harvest in the program "Question number one" on the TV channel, BelTA informs.

"We have increased the area of ​​arable land this year. If the weather permits, we need to reach 9 million tons of grain. We also need to harvest 5 million tons of sugar beet. Now sugar, as world markets show, is the" second gold ". In addition, it is necessary to increase the collection It is also necessary to achieve an increase in milk yields, an increase in livestock, so that the country has bread, meat and milk," said Roman Golovchenko.

He also noted that this time more winter crops were planted in Belarus. "We need to produce more of our own protein to feed livestock due to interruptions in the supply of meals from abroad," the prime minister added.