Belarus retains the first place in the world as the producer of potato per capita. The annual gross harvest of potato exceeds 8 mln. tons in the Republic;i.e., 700-900 kg/year is allocated per each adult inhabitant. This information has been released today by Victor Radivinovskiy, the Chief of the Public Information Department of UN House in the Republic of Belarus. He spoke at the conference "Belarusian potato. Food safety of the country"in Minsk. The conference is conducted under support of UN House in Belarus, the Ministry of Agricultural Production, the scientific-practical centers of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, which work in the sphere of potato, fruit and vegetable production and mechanization of the agriculture.
Belarus retains first place in the world as the producer of potato per capita
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