Small farms have great prospects. They are becoming experimental sites for the development of atypical cultures for our latitudes. Private farms are more mobile, have the ability to quickly adapt to global agricultural trends, and increasingly occupy the production that is not in demand by large agricultural enterprises.
Now lavender in the farm of Oleg Dobulyak occupies 20 hectares. It is planned to increase the area by 5 times, establish the production of aromatic oil and open a private farmstead. The innovative farmer also continues to introduce new crops to Belarusian agriculture.
Oleg Dobulyak, farmer: "I wanted to see how people live in France and Turkey. I spent a year in Germany, three in Romania, and a year in Bulgaria. We stopped in Belarus in the end. There are good people here, prosperity, no restrictions."
Oleg’s farm occupies 70 hectares with irrigation systems with about 100 different cultures. There are 20 varieties of strawberries, watermelons, gumi and medlar fruit plants from Japan. It is also planned to plant cherries and pears of Belarusian selection.
Arina Tarasova, a resident of Dobrush: "This is not the first time we have visited this farm. We bought peaches and cherries. We were very satisfied, the peaches are sweet and high-yielding. And the cherries are the same."
Private farms grow 20% of the total amount of vegetables in the country. Although this figure is more modest than for example in Germany or Finland, farms are important for the agricultural sector of the economy. They are highly profitable, mobile, easily adapt to market trends and often develop new niches for Belarus.
Belarusian farmers master cultivation of lavender
10 июля 2020












