President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko assured that support is provided in the country for those wishing to engage in farming. He made a corresponding statement during a working trip to the Mogilev region, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.
The Head of State recalled that at one time, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was necessary to restore once successful agricultural organizations that found themselves in a difficult situation in the 90s. And then, a number of countries opted for selling land. But Belarus made a different choice for itself, and now collective farms, state farms, and so on are operating effectively. Within such an established, well-functioning system, there is an opportunity to transfer, for example, individual plots of land to farmers for agricultural purposes.
"Then I had to show: this is the path we will take – large-scale farming. But if someone wants to become a farmer – please, here is the land for you. Today, there are no problems at all. Take any farm. Naturally, no one will give you "Rassvet" [Dawn], you understand that there will even be a fight for this "Rassvet" or for some lands. These are peasants, you cannot break things here… You need to be careful," emphasized Alexander Lukashenko.
Today, there are no problems in establishing farms, he added. But the difficulty is that currently, many who apply for agricultural land would like to have "large latifundia," meaning to engage in large-scale production, but at a private level. "Please. We have them. But I will say right away that well-functioning farms (the majority of them), of course, will not be given away. Why break them? They are working – let them work. And where a private individual needs to apply their efforts, – please, we will support," stated the Head of State.
"We talk with those who work," he added.