TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION OF POTATO GROWING REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: REALITIES AND PROSPECTS

DOI 10.33938/1910-56

Issue № 10, 2019, article № 7, pages 56-64

Section: International relations and world agricultural experience

Language: Russian

Original language title: ТЕХНИКО-ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ МОДЕРНИЗАЦИЯ КАРТОФЕЛЕВОДСТВА РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ: РЕАЛИИ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ

Keywords: TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION, POTATO GROWING OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, SOWN AREA, POTATO PRODUCTIVITY, SELECTION AND SEED PRODUCTION, NEW POTATO VARIETIES, TECHNOLOGY, EFFICIENCY

Abstract: According to the results of the analysis, certain features of the technical and technological modernization of potato growing in the Republic of Belarus are revealed. It is established that for the period 2010-2018. gross potato production in Belarus decreased by almost 2 million tons (or 25.1‰), however, the country is still one of the largest producers in the world, occupying 11th place. Potato productivity in the Republic of Belarus for the period 2014-2018 tends to increase, which is associated with a fairly high level of technical equipment, the use of new highly productive varieties of potato of Belarusian selection, as well as the introduction of scientifically based standards of organic and mineral fertilizers. Under the State Program for the Development of Breeding and Seed Production of Grain, Leguminous, Technical and Feed Agricultural Plants for 2014-2020. It is planned to strengthen the material and technical base of seed producers: technical re-equipment of scientific organizations with breeding and seed-growing agricultural machinery and equipment. Studies have shown that the potato sub-sector of the Republic of Belarus has significant potential for increasing production volumes of both fresh potato and its processed products. At the same time, it is necessary to continue implementing a set of measures, including state support, for its further effective development.

Authors: CHepik Denis Anatolevich, Demishkevich Galina Mikhailovna