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Belarus and Russia will together process fruit and vegetables
Belarus
Tuesday 11 December 2007
Belarusian-Russian program of production and processing of fruit and vegetables was initially planned to end in 2007 -but, it will be extended for one more year till 2008, "Krestyanskiye Vedomosti" informs.
Boris Bezlepkin, the Chief of Industrial Politics and Branch Programs Department, Permanent Committee of Union State, presented his decision at the press-conference in Minsk.
He said that the union program fully named "Efficiency increase of production and processing of fruit and vegetables on the basis of progressive technologies and machinery in 2005-2007" is planned to be extended. Primarily, this decision was predetermined by a good performance in its active period. The program is focused at the solution of the problem of saturation of food market of two countries with quality competitive food products on the basis of fruit and vegetables, the assortment extension and increased production of fresh produce.
"We plan to extend the program; we need RUR 88.9 mln. to extend it in 2008", the official pointed out.
He said that only one year extension is limited by the effective regulations which don't let such programs be extended for more than a mentioned period. If more time is required to reach the optimal result, new program is to be developed.
According to B. Bezlepkin, the proposals to new program development are in the process of agreement in Russia and Belarus. "We expect that these proposals will be agreed and introduced to the consideration of union state by the moment of the reporting about the present program", Boris Bezlepkin said. He hesitates to mention the implementation period for a new program; however, he pointed out that "the maximal term for the program is 5 years according to the regulations; although the optimal period is three years".
The stage of the development of highly-productive machinery for vegetable production has been over by the present moment. The next stage focuses on the batch production of new modern equipment on the basis of progressive, ecologically safe, resource- and energy-saving technologies of production and processing of fruits and vegetables.
Boris Bezlepkin, the Chief of Industrial Politics and Branch Programs Department, Permanent Committee of Union State, presented his decision at the press-conference in Minsk.
He said that the union program fully named "Efficiency increase of production and processing of fruit and vegetables on the basis of progressive technologies and machinery in 2005-2007" is planned to be extended. Primarily, this decision was predetermined by a good performance in its active period. The program is focused at the solution of the problem of saturation of food market of two countries with quality competitive food products on the basis of fruit and vegetables, the assortment extension and increased production of fresh produce.
"We plan to extend the program; we need RUR 88.9 mln. to extend it in 2008", the official pointed out.
He said that only one year extension is limited by the effective regulations which don't let such programs be extended for more than a mentioned period. If more time is required to reach the optimal result, new program is to be developed.
According to B. Bezlepkin, the proposals to new program development are in the process of agreement in Russia and Belarus. "We expect that these proposals will be agreed and introduced to the consideration of union state by the moment of the reporting about the present program", Boris Bezlepkin said. He hesitates to mention the implementation period for a new program; however, he pointed out that "the maximal term for the program is 5 years according to the regulations; although the optimal period is three years".
The stage of the development of highly-productive machinery for vegetable production has been over by the present moment. The next stage focuses on the batch production of new modern equipment on the basis of progressive, ecologically safe, resource- and energy-saving technologies of production and processing of fruits and vegetables.
