Rising world food prices should be an additional opportunity for the economy. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this today at the meeting on organizing the harvest campaign in 2021, BelTA informs.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko:
The main factor to pay attention to is that food prices have increased more than ever today. The demand is incredible.According to the Head of State, about 1 billion people in the world are starving, and therefore the demand for food and food prices will rise. "Of course, this is bad. On a global scale, this is bad. But for us, this should be an additional opportunity to improve the economic situation in the country and finally get a return on what we developed every year. And we were encouraging our farmers, the agro-industrial complex, invested a lot of money there. It's not in vain. But it is desirable to get the maximum return. This is the moment of today", - said Alexander Lukashenko.
Thus, the Head of State described the relevance of the moment for holding the meeting. The harvesting campaign is traditionally discussed at this time from year to year.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko:
It's worth noting that the year is special, since we are engaged in agriculture in the area of risky farming. The weather always surprises us, it is unstable.
