Construction of a dairy farm, investments, raw material bases. Subbotin on the development of the agro-industrial complex of the Vitebsk region

31 March, Polotsk. Construction of new dairy farms, modernization of the raw material base, investments in agriculture , evolutionary adjustments to the decree on the creation of agroholdings - these are the areas discussed at meetings during Prime Minister Alexander Turchin's visit to the northern region, the chairman of the regional executive committee Alexander Subbotin told journalists, a BELTA correspondent reports.
The head of the region emphasized that the Prime Minister visited the Verkhnedvinsk butter and cheese factory and the Polotsk dairy plant to get acquainted with the enterprises. "Everything was discussed - from construction, work, the economy of enterprises, prospects, launches of new investment cycles, modernization of enterprises to the development of the agro-industrial complex, processing, so that everything works more efficiently, exports grow and our well-being. There are many instructions, all of them were carried out in a working format. Many tasks were set and in a short time. We have about a week and a half to implement, and then we will report the final strategy to the government," said Alexander Subbotin.

He explained that this strategy will also affect the transformation of Decree No. 70 "On the Development of the AIC of the Vitebsk Region", according to which large agroholdings were created in the region, where work is carried out in a closed cycle - from field to table. "The decree has already served its purpose and now requires evolutionary adjustment. This will be a strategy for increasing the efficiency of the agro-industrial complex of the Vitebsk region," said Alexander Subbotin.
According to the chairman of the regional executive committee, such changes can be aimed at liberating the initiatives of enterprise managers, launching investment cycles to obtain new products that are in demand among consumers. The head of the region noted that the upcoming modernization will affect not only the parent enterprises that produce the product, but also the structural "divisions" engaged in the production of milk and meat.

Speaking about the underutilization of the capacities of processing plants, Alexander Subbotin recalled that many enterprises in the meat and dairy industry have been operating since Soviet times, and their production potential was calculated to provide for a larger territory. "For our domestic market, these capacities are excessive, so everything is oriented towards export. We cannot yet load the enterprises with our raw material zone, but we are trying to plan in such a way as to develop progressively and bring it to 100 percent utilisation," the chairman of the regional executive committee shared.
He also informed that 10 new dairy complexes will be built in the region this year. According to Alexander Subbotin, they will also appear in the Verkhnedvinsky and Polotsky districts.
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