Efficiency of raw material zones needs to be increased

8 января 2021
The development of the country's dairy industry and the efficiency of the agro-industrial associations of Vitebsk Region were discussed today in Glubokoye District during the working trip of the Prime Minister. Last February, it was decided to create integration zones. It was fixed by the Decree of the President. Farms with debts have been merged with strong processing enterprises. They are engaged in the economic and financial activities of all agricultural facilities and provide themselves with raw materials. After all, today the profitability of processing reaches 30%. A canning factory contributes to this in Glubokoye District. Roman Golovchenko asked the local vertical and the management of the agro-association about their activities in a year and economic efficiency. It's too early to talk about global results yet, but there are positive shifts: increased production volumes, export sales, and revenue. The main task is to improve the efficiency of raw material zones. And this requires the modernization of existing agricultural enterprises. In Vitebsk Region, many of them lag behind modern technologies. But the agro-associations do not have enough working capital for this. And all this affects the production volumes. As a result, the processing is not loaded at full capacity and is losing revenue. All these issues will be considered in detail in the government. In particular, whether it is necessary to build new complexes or competently enough to reconstruct the existing farms, as well as sources of financing will be discussed.