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The availability of greenhouse vegetables during winter has been a problem in Belarus. However, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko is optimistic that the issue will be resolved within the next few years. In a conference discussing greenhouse farming at OAO DorORS, Golovchenko mentioned that the production of vegetables like potatoes, onions, carrots, and beetroot exceeded domestic demand, and autumn vegetables were stored in various facilities.
Despite this, there were still problems with protected ground products like cucumbers, tomatoes, and herbs in certain periods of time. The domestic output of these crops was insufficient during the winter or autumn-winter period. Currently, Belarus only satisfies about 40% of the demand for cucumbers during this time.
Golovchenko believes that the solution to this problem is to balance the production of greenhouse vegetables in the country. He acknowledged that the technology to accomplish this was not difficult and that the country needs to invest more in the development of fourth and fifth-generation greenhouses with supplementary lighting.
He cited the example of OAO DorORS, which already uses such greenhouses, to evaluate how much investment was necessary for the development of these structures. Golovchenko is optimistic that the issue of greenhouse vegetables availability during winter would be resolved within several years.
With this approach, Belarus can produce enough greenhouse vegetables to meet domestic demand during the winter and autumn-winter period, thus reducing reliance on imports from friendly countries.
