Svetlana Kondratenko: Belarus is a food-independent state

According to the international criterion for assessing food security, Belarus is an independent and self-sufficient state in terms of food. This was stated by Deputy Director for Research of the Institute of Systemic Research in Agroindustrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Svetlana Kondratenko in the talk show "Economic Environment.

Food security is under constant control of the President and the country's leadership. It is put at the center of the most important socio-economic and foreign policy decisions. "Grain today is the welfare of the Belarusian society, it is gold in the literal sense of the word," said Svetlana Kondratenko. She explained that in accordance with international norms, a state that is able to produce about 1 ton of grain per capita per year is independent in terms of food.

"And statistics confirms: today we are such an independent self-sufficient state, even taking into account our export objectives, we provide high quality of nutrition to the population," emphasized the deputy director of the Institute of Systemic Research in Agroindustrial Complex. The Belarusian products are made from good agricultural raw materials. This is our brand, our competitive advantage," stated Svetlana Kondratenko.