More than Br2.8 trillion allocated for rural development in the Vitebsk region in 2009

January 28, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. More than Br2.8 trillion has been allocated for the implementation of the State Program for the Revival and Development of the Village in the Vitebsk region in 2009. This was announced today at a meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee by the acting chairman of the committee for agriculture and food of the regional executive committee, Sergey Dogel, BELTA correspondent reports. A significant part of the funds - almost Br2.3 trillion - was directed to the development of the production sphere. Milk production in agricultural organizations increased by 8.2% compared to 2008, animal productivity increased: the average milk yield per cow increased by 135 kg and amounted to 4.1 thousand kg. At the same time, out of 198 controlled program tasks, 17 measures for the development of the production sphere were not fulfilled. The task of increasing gross agricultural output in farms of all categories at a target of 109.5% was fulfilled at 100.6%, 1.1 million tons of grain were produced against a target of 1.2 million tons, less potatoes, flax fiber, and rapeseed oilseeds were produced. -0-