Lukashenka about his personal plot: watermelons are not because some kind of PR

Topic news August 25, Logoisk district. President of BelarusALEXANDER LUKASHENKO today in the Logoisk district mentioned his farm, on which he does not just grow certain crops, but experiments - he personally checks the achievements of Belarusian scientists, BelTA has learned. "Watermelons are not because some kind of PR. These are experiments. I started with one Dutch variety. Yesterday we collected 5 different varieties. Before they brought me, they put pieces in the kitchen, five varieties of these watermelons. I identified the two best. Belarusian already quite good. And once, when I started doing this, I said: the time will come, we will cultivate it. Today, in general, from what Emomali Sharipovich Rahmon sent me (President of Tajikistan. - Note by BelTA). And experts say that this even more useful for us," the HEAD of state stressed.

He noted that he has exactly the same approach with respect to other crops, such as new varieties of potatoes.

“Then I harvest and see the result. The potatoes that our scientists make are seeds (I sow the super elite) - it even tastes different. Firstly, it is clean - it is sown for the first time, it has not yet gained any infection, according to the technology is cultivated. And this is how I observe what scientists give to producers. Similarly, rapeseed, herbs...", the head of state said.

He also noted that his small farm has the best milk: "Of course, there are 13 cows. It's not huge. But it's the purest MILK."

“That is, I experiment, see what I need. Because feeding people is the number one issue,” the Belarusian leader summed up.