The Belarusian government intends to announce a tender for the supply of equipment for dairy farms

August 18, Tolochin District / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. The government intends to announce a tender for the supply of equipment for reconstructed dairy farms. Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich announced this to journalists today during a working trip to the Vitebsk region, a BELTA correspondent reports. Having considered the issues with the supply of equipment for the renovated farms nationwide, the government decided to announce a tender among their manufacturers. "Some manufacturers have not approached price determination with full responsibility," Mikhail Myasnikovich believes. "We strive for affordable prices and to minimize imports." Following the head of state's requirements on the need to implement modern technologies in animal husbandry, the government has revised its approaches to farm reconstruction and intends to commission 800 farms with milking parlors this year, instead of the 151 previously planned. "Centralized water supply, elimination of manual labor. There should be no primitive technologies on farms," Mikhail Myasnikovich emphasized. Nationwide, 1.2 thousand dairy farms are to be renovated in 2012. -0-