The sown area for potatoes in the Vitebsk region will be almost doubled in 2011

January 26, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Sown areas for potatoes in the Vitebsk region will be almost doubled this year, reaching 10 thousand hectares. Today, at a meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, its chairman Alexander Kosinets demanded a review of approaches to forming the structure of sown areas for this crop, BELTA correspondent reports. The region's farmers need to increase potato sowings and achieve a yield of at least 300 centners per hectare, the governor believes. At the same time, the demand for seed potatoes is estimated at 35 thousand tons. The provision of farms is 64%. To cover the deficit of the seed fund, Br23 billion is required. 171 potato planters will be involved in planting potatoes. Taking into account the average seasonal load per unit, the work is expected to be completed in 19 days. This spring, it is planned to sow spring grains and legumes on 257 thousand hectares in the Vitebsk region, flax - on 20 thousand hectares, 13 thousand hectares are allocated for spring rapeseed, corn - 100 thousand hectares, and vegetable crops - 1.7 thousand hectares. -0-