A. Lukashenko approved the program for equipping agricultural organizations with modern machinery for 2011-2015

January 25, Minsk / BELTA /. To provide agricultural organizations of Belarus with new domestic machinery and, based on it, to transition to modern production technologies, on January 24, Head of State Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 35 approving the Republican Program for Equipping Agro-Industrial Complex Organizations, Construction, Repair, and Modernization of Production Facilities of these Organizations with Modern Machinery and Equipment for 2011-2015. This was reported to BELTA correspondent by the press service of the Belarusian leader. The program provides for the supply of 10,980 tractors (including 3,090 with an engine power of over 250 hp), 4,400 trucks for various purposes, 7,650 grain harvesters, 2,056 forage harvesters (including 1,207 with an engine power of over 300 hp), 470 beet harvesters, 2,950 mowers, 3,900 various plows, 3,900 combined soil-cultivating and seeding units, and 2,700 soil-cultivating units, 5,400 machines for applying mineral and organic fertilizers, and 2,380 machines for chemical protection of plants and seeds, as well as other machinery and equipment to the countryside in 2011-2015. All machinery will be sold on a long-term lease basis. The volumes of purchases of modern machinery and equipment, construction, modernization, and repair of production facilities will be approved annually by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, in agreement with the regional executive committees, and the volumes and sources of financing for the republican program will be determined by the government and approved by the Head of State. -0-