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Country Profile
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 | Physico-Geographical Conditions for Agriculture |
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| Population. Agricultural Employment |
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| Available Land and its Use |
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| Material and Technical Basis |
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| Agricultural Production |
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| Food Industry |
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| Forestry |
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| Fisheries |
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 | Physico-Geographical Conditions for Agriculture
Republic of Belarus is situated in the Eastern Europe. Its area is 207.600 square km. Agricultural lands occupy the area of 93.4 thousand square km including 62.3 thousand square km of arable lands. The territory is rich in forests of total area equal to 882,8 thousand square km. Approximately 20,8 thousand rivers flow through the territory of the Republic, there are 108 thousand lakes, 1,5 thousand ponds and more than 140 storage reservoirs. Belarus borders Russian Federation in the North and East, the Ukraine in the South, Poland in the West, Lithuania and Latvia in the North-West. The territory is divided into 6 administrative regions and 118 rural districts. It stretches from West to East for 650 km and from North to South for 560 km. The average height above sea level is 160 meters, the highest point is Dzierzhinsky Hill (345 meters above the sea level). Dzerzhinskaya mountain – 345 m. The country's lowest place is the Neman Valley (80–90 meters above sea level).
The Republic of Belarus is a country with a temperate continental climate, but the prevalence of western and north-western coastal air masses make the climate transitional from coastal to continental. The average temperature in January, the coldest month, ranges from -4 deg C in the south-west up to -8 deg C in the north-east regions, the average temperature in July, the warmest month, varies from +17 deg C in the north up to +19,5 deg C in the south. There are considerable variations of the sum of positive temperatures during the growth and development of agricultural crops; they range from 2100 up to 2500 deg C. The period of active vegetation of the cultivated plants varies from 190 up to 205 days. Average annual precipitation in the central and north-eastern parts of the country is 600-650 mm in the south and 500-600 mm in the south-west. The Republic disposes stocks of peat and potassium fertilizers applied for the increasing of soil fertility.
The agriculture of the Republic is specialized on cultivation of the traditional for the temperate latitudes crops. The following crops prevail in plant growing branch: cereals (rye, barley, wheat), potatoes, feed crops. Due to the structural changes and orientation towards the renewable energy sources there is the tendency of expanding the amounts of cultivated grain legumes and oil-yielding crops. Belarus localizes about 16 % of global flax sowings, and more than 20 % of flax plantings on the European continent.
Animal husbandry specializes on cattle (meat and dairy branch), swine and poultry. |
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| | | Population. Agricultural Employment
As of September 1, 2009, the population of the Republic of Belarus 9,663,4 mln people. Among them, over 1.815 mln resides in Minsk. An average population density in the Republic is 40 people per square kilometer. Population density in Minsk is 5820 people.
The demographic processes, typical for the developed industrial countries, such as reduction of overall rate of population increment, birth rate fall, increase of elderly persons’ number take place in the Republic. At present, more than 72,4 % of population live in urban areas and only 27,6 % - in rural localities.
Ratio of rural and urban population of Belarus, % 
Distribution of employed population for the sectors of economy, (thou. people)
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Production sphere – total, including: |
4316,3 |
4349,8 |
4401,9 |
4476,6 |
4594,4 |
Industry |
1157,7 |
1163 |
1164,8 |
1183,4 |
1222,4 |
Agriculture |
463,4 |
457,3 |
447,8 |
441,9 |
435,1 |
Construction |
330,4 |
338,6 |
356,8 |
374,1 |
398,6 |
Forestry |
32,3 |
33,3 |
33,2 |
33,0 |
32,6 |
Other activity categories of
material production |
574 |
593,3 |
621,2 |
638,7 |
666,0 |
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| Available Land and its Use
Land resources include all types of lands: agricultural lands, lands of the populated areas, lands of industrial territories, transport, health resorts, reserves, state forest resources. Available land of the Republic of Belarus remains invariable and at the beginning of 2009 composes 207,60 thousand hectares.
Agricultural lands occupy 44,9 % of the total area, arable lands compose 30 %, respectively. There are 0,9 hectares of agricultural lands per capita, including 0,6 hectares of arable lands. Unused and little-used lands (sands, bushes, bogs, etc.) compose about 15 % of the total area. During the last 20 years 600 thousand hectares dropped out of the agricultural usage.
Distribution of lands according to soil types, %
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Automorphic |
Semi-automorphic |
Hydrogenic |
Rendzinas |
Sod-podzolic soils |
Sod-podzolic
marshland soils |
Sod and rendzinas
marshland soils |
Flood plain sod soils |
Peat-bog soils |
Brest |
0.4 |
22.6 |
26.3 |
14.3 |
5.9 |
30.5 |
Vitebsk |
0.1 |
43.3 |
29.0 |
10.1 |
2.2 |
15.3 |
Gomel |
0.1 |
33.0 |
29.6 |
7.6 |
10.9 |
18.8 |
Grodno |
0.1 |
59.9 |
15.6 |
10.2 |
4.7 |
9.5 |
Minsk |
0.4 |
48.0 |
21.8 |
7.6 |
2.9 |
19.3 |
Mogilev |
0.2 |
53.8 |
25.0 |
6.3 |
5.8 |
8.9 |
Total |
0.2 |
45.1 |
22.6 |
9.0 |
8.7 |
14.4 |
Distribution of the agricultural lands by categories of land users
(at the beginning of year; thou. hectares)
Years |
Land used by land users engaged in agricultural production |
Including: |
agricultural organizations |
peasant (private) farms |
privately used by citizens (including service allotments)
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of which: |
private household farms |
collective and individual gardens and kitchen gardens |
Total agricultural lands: |
2004 |
8885,0 |
7368,0 |
155,9 |
1361,1 |
937,3 |
70,7 |
2005 |
8851,2 |
7422,5 |
148,9 |
1279,8 |
908,8 |
66,9 |
2006 |
8860,4 |
7484,7 |
130,5 |
1245,2 |
880,7 |
62,8 |
2007 |
8821,6 |
7526,5 |
120,4 |
1174,7 |
847,2 |
61,4 |
2008 |
8787,3 |
7584,0 |
107,8 |
1095,5 |
791,5 |
59,8 |
2009 |
8772,7 |
7634,8 |
103,0 |
1034,9 |
754,6 |
58,3 |
Arable lands: |
2004 |
5510,6 |
4421,2 |
108,8 |
980,6 |
869,3 |
51,1 |
2005 |
5487,3 |
4441,6 |
103,0 |
942,7 |
841,7 |
47,7 |
2006 |
5492,1 |
4513,8 |
92,8 |
885,5 |
813,9 |
44,1 |
2007 |
5483,9 |
4557,3 |
86,1 |
840,5 |
779,9 |
40,7 |
2008 |
5473,6 |
4613,1 |
78,4 |
782,2 |
724,7 |
39,1 |
2009 |
5474,2 |
4651,3 |
77,0 |
745,9 |
691,7 |
37,7 |
Lands under agricultural crops: |
2004 |
118,3 |
45,5 |
1,1 |
71,7 |
51,6 |
19,5 |
2005 |
117,2 |
45,5 |
1,1 |
70,6 |
51,3 |
19,0 |
2006 |
116,0 |
44,3 |
1,2 |
70,5 |
51,6 |
18,6 |
2007 |
119,1 |
44,2 |
1,2 |
73,7 |
52,7 |
20,7 |
2008 |
118,1 |
44,0 |
1,2 |
72,9 |
51,9 |
20,7 |
2009 |
118,4 |
44,8 |
1,2 |
72,4 |
51,4 |
20,6 |
Meadow lands: |
2004 |
3203,9 |
2850,0 |
45,2 |
308,7 |
16,3 |
0,1 |
2005 |
3194,8 |
2884,9 |
43,8 |
266,1 |
15,4 |
0,2 |
2006 |
3217,5 |
2892,3 |
36,1 |
289,1 |
15,1 |
0,1 |
2007 |
3218,1 |
2924,5 |
33,1 |
260,5 |
14,6 |
-- |
2008 |
3194,3 |
2926,7 |
28,2 |
239,4 |
13,8 |
-- |
2009 |
3180,0 |
2938,7 |
24,8 |
216,5 |
11,4 |
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Dynamics of areas under agricultural crops of all categories (thou. hectares)
Years |
Total sown area |
Cereals and legumes |
Potato |
Vegetables |
Flax |
Sugar beet |
Feed crops |
2004 |
5541 |
2390 |
509 |
94 |
79 |
86 |
2247 |
2005 |
5473 |
2314 |
467 |
89 |
78 |
100 |
2289 |
2006 |
5551 |
2404 |
437 |
95 |
75 |
108 |
2309 |
2007 |
5592 |
2567 |
415 |
90 |
70 |
96 |
2143 |
2008 |
5612 |
2576 |
398 |
89 |
80 |
93 |
2075 |
Structure of sown areas by cultures, % (2008 year) 
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| Material and Technical Basis
Availability of machinery and technical equipment in agricultural and other organizations
(at the beginning of year, thou. pcs)
Name |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Tractors |
58,8 |
55,3 |
53,6 |
52,6 |
50,4 |
49,5 |
Trucks |
35,9 |
33,2 |
32,5 |
30,8 |
28,4 |
27,0 |
Combines and harvesters:
- grain harvesters
- potato harvesters
- beet harvesters
- ensilage harvesters
- maize harvesters
- flax harvester |
13,3 |
12,6 |
12,8 |
13,3 |
13,0 |
12,9 |
2,2 |
1,8 |
1,6 |
1,5 |
1,3 |
1,2 |
773 |
823 |
987 |
1033 |
1021 |
989 |
5,0 |
4,0 |
3,2 |
2,5 |
2,0 |
2,0 |
50 |
44 |
49 |
44 |
39 |
39 |
1,2 |
1,3 |
1,3 |
1,3 |
1,1 |
1,1 |
Ploughs |
16,5 |
15,5 |
15,0 |
15,1 |
14,8 |
14,0 |
Planters |
13,6 |
13,0 |
12,6 |
12,7 |
11,7 |
10,7 |
Cultivators |
20,8 |
17,1 |
14,6 |
13,7 |
12,4 |
11,1 |
Mowers |
11,8 |
10,6 |
10,0 |
9,8 |
9,4 |
9,4 |
Reapers |
1,3 |
1,2 |
1,2 |
1,2 |
1,1 |
1,1 |
Fertilizer machines:
- for solid organic fertilizers application
- for liquid organic fertilizers application |
9,2 |
8,2 |
7,6 |
7,1 |
6,7 |
6,8 |
3,0 |
2,9 |
2,7 |
2,6 |
2,7 |
2,8 |
Milking machines and the assemblies |
13,6 |
13,0 |
12,8 |
12,7 |
12,8 |
13,3 |
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| Agricultural Production
Agriculture is the basic complexing branch of agroindustrial complex. Agricultural production makes up 7,5% of the gross domestic product of the country. Agricultural production is represented by two main industries: plant growing and animal husbandry. At the beginning of 2006 in the republic there are 1720 agricultural organizations, 2204 peasant farms, 1100 thousand of personal subsidiary plots. Employment in agricultural production is represented by 457 thousand persons (10,5 % of economically active population).
Agriculture is generally aimed at satisfaction of home market requirements in foodstuffs. Some kinds of foodstuffs have a tendency to be the perspective export potential. Taking into consideration the specialization of agricultural branch on dairy and meat animal husbandry the main ratio in plant growing branch is given to cereals, legumes and forage crops. Barley, rye, oat and triticale are the prevailing cereals. Special emphasis is given to potato and flax. Carrot, beet and cabbage are the main vegetable cultures.
Gross yields dynamics of the main agricultural crops, thou. of tons (in all categories of farms)
Years |
Cereals and Legumes |
Potatoes |
Vegetables |
Flax Fiber |
Sugar Beet |
Fruits and
Berries |
2002 |
5990 |
7421 |
1507 |
26 |
1146 |
478,3 |
2003 |
5449 |
8649 |
2002 |
41 |
1920 |
240,5 |
2004 |
7016 |
9902 |
2035 |
57 |
3088 |
357,6 |
2005 |
6421 |
8185 |
2007 |
50 |
3065 |
381,6 |
2006 |
5924 |
8329 |
2173 |
29 |
3980 |
716,7 |
Yield dynamics of main agricultural crops, c/ha (in all categories of farms)
Years |
Cereals and Legumes |
Potatoes |
Vegetables |
Flax Fiber |
Sugar Beet |
Fruits and
Berries |
2002 |
24,7 |
137 |
157 |
4,4 |
228 |
52,3 |
2003 |
24,2 |
164 |
189 |
6,1 |
275 |
26,4 |
2004 |
29,6 |
195 |
203 |
7,3 |
368 |
39,4 |
2005 |
28,1 |
177 |
208 |
7,0 |
316 |
41,6 |
2006 |
24,9 |
192 |
212 |
4,4 |
376 |
77,3 |
Dynamics of cattle stock, thou. heads (in all categories of farms)
Years |
Cattle, total |
Cows, including |
Swines |
Sheep and goats |
Horses |
2002 |
4085 |
1784 |
3372 |
149 |
209 |
2003 |
4005 |
1716 |
3329 |
137 |
202 |
2004 |
3924 |
1658 |
3287 |
126 |
192 |
2005 |
3963 |
1613 |
3407 |
125 |
181 |
2006 |
3980 |
1565 |
3545 |
121 |
168 |
Beginning of 2007 |
3989 |
1506 |
3642 |
122 |
156 |
Export of foodstuffs of the Republic of Belarus (thou. tons
Commodity/Years |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Beef |
23,8 |
32,1 |
43,5 |
46,6 |
58,4 |
Pork |
16,9 |
13,6 |
14,7 |
23,4 |
36,8 |
Poultry meat |
7,6 |
15,7 |
13,2 |
10,5 |
9,0 |
Condensed cream and milk |
57,6 |
75,7 |
94,3 |
119,0 |
153,0 |
Butter |
29,7 |
29,7 |
46,8 |
51,3 |
53,6 |
Cheese and curd |
28,3 |
38,3 |
53,5 |
65,1 |
82,6 |
Eggs, mln pcs |
523,9 |
515,9 |
531,0 |
441,8 |
515,9 |
Sugar |
332,1 |
311,8 |
383,9 |
481,6 |
250,5 |
Confectionery |
25,9 |
24,6 |
25,8 |
21,1 |
18,1 |
Potatoes |
17,7 |
49,9 |
103,0 |
16,9 |
9,9 |
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| Food Industry
Food industry includes 20 branches. Altogether there are 2732 enterprises, including 494 acting on the independent balances. The following enterprises are the largest: Unitary Enterprise «Minsk Meat Processing and Packing Plant», confectionery factory JSC “Kommunarka”, Unitary Enterprise «Grodno Meat Processing and Packing Plant», the confectionery factory JV JSC «Spartak» and other. Food industry enterprises produce food products, alcoholic and soft drinks, tobacco goods and also perfumes and cosmetics. Enterprises of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus produce more than 70 % of the Republic’s output, enterprises of Belarusian State Concern of Food Industry "Belgospishcheprom" – about 20%, and only 10 % of the total volume of agricultural production is produced by foreign and joint companies and enterprises of “Belkoopsoyuz”. In the structure of food industry the leading place belongs to meat and dairy branches (28.9% and 24.8% respectively). Sizeable position in the structure of food industry belongs to baking (8.0%), sugar (8.2%), confectionary (4.6%), wine (3,6 %) and fish (4,2 %) industries.
Production of the main foodstuff commodities
Commodities |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Meat and by-products, thou. ton |
354,0 |
372,3 |
372,2 |
369,7 |
414,6 |
479,6 |
546,8 |
Sausage goods, thou. ton |
150,8 |
156,3 |
168,0 |
195,7 |
220,0 |
256,5 |
277,6 |
Butter, thou. ton |
65,1 |
66,7 |
65,1 |
64,3 |
81,6 |
85,0 |
87,7 |
Creamy cheese (including brynza), thou. ton |
41,0 |
47,8 |
45,4 |
52,6 |
65,1 |
82,3 |
101,0 |
Whole milk products
in milk equivalent, thou. ton |
954 |
963 |
906 |
927 |
992 |
1122 |
1284 |
Vegetable oil |
16,9 |
18,3 |
21,3 |
16,9 |
27,8 |
42,2 |
43,7 |
Granulated sugar, total, thou. ton |
565,0 |
654,4 |
666,1 |
710,6 |
768,4 |
864,2 |
814,1 |
Canned goods, total, thou. con. cans |
456 |
455 |
455 |
413 |
438 |
436 |
553 |
Bread and bakery products, thou. ton. |
866 |
770 |
707 |
689 |
691 |
661 |
639 |
Soft drinks,
thou decalitres |
18,7 |
19,6 |
23,5 |
24,8 |
25,3 |
29,2 |
33,8 |
Mineral water, thou. half litres |
309,1 |
335,2 |
380,1 |
374,6 |
352,2 |
367,1 |
386,5 |
Consumption of main foodstuff commodities per capita, kg.
Commodities |
Standards proposed by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus, kg. |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2005 |
Meat and meat products in meat equivalent, including fat and by-products of I-II category |
70 |
76 |
58 |
59 |
61 |
Milk and milk foods in milk equivalent |
353 |
428 |
367 |
295 |
259 |
Fish and fish products |
23 |
19,6 |
7,3 |
9,5 |
18,4 |
Eggs, pcs |
257 |
325 |
297 |
224 |
256 |
Vegetable oil |
11,7 |
8,6 |
6,5 |
8,7 |
14,5 |
Sugar |
30,8 |
49,0 |
32,1 |
34,9 |
38,5 |
Vegetables and melons and gourds |
143 |
78 |
83 |
93 |
127 |
Fruits and berries |
99 |
38 |
38 |
25 |
47 |
Potatoes |
129 |
171 |
182 |
174 |
181 |
Bakery products |
98 |
127 |
121 |
110 |
195 |
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| Forestry
The Republic of Belarus possesses substantial forest resources. The total area of forest is about 43% of the country territory. There are 141 m2 of forest stand reserves per capita. According to the national legislation, forests are public property and are owned by the state. According to legislation, all forests are divided into two groups. The first group composes 4,8 millions ha.(51.6 %) and includes the forests of preserves, of national parks and other forests, which fulfill the protective, water-protecting, health and hygiene functions. The second group includes forests, which fulfill operational-protective functions. They occupy 4,5 millions ha, or 48,4 % total areas of forest stock of the country.
The quality of timber, especially coniferous, is fairly high. The most widespread forest types are pine forests, covering 3032.6 thou. ha , fir forests - 674.2 thou. ha, birch - 1045 thou. ha, black alder - 427 thou. ha, oak - 211 thou. ha, aspen - 104.6 thou ha.
Structure of forest stands reserves according to the predominant species, % 
The average age of woods is 45 years, including coniferous - 49 years and deciduous - 60 years. Middle-aged forest stands predominate (48.5% of total area)In the forest stock. Young forests make up 24.7%, ripening – 20.7%, ripe and overripening - 8.8%. Yearly about 400 thousand ha are cut down, however, because of the well organized process of forest restoration, the general reserve of forest stands in course of 1990-2005 considerably increased.
Dynamics of realization of main types of activities in the forestry branch
Activities |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2005 |
2005 ratio to 1990, % |
Basic forest management,
thou. ha. |
999 |
1194 |
1074 |
791 |
79,2 |
Reforestation, thou. ha,
including: |
30,2 |
22,6 |
38,3 |
51,5 |
170,5 |
- forest planting and sowing |
26,7 |
20,2 |
33,0 |
45,0 |
168,5 |
- assistance to natural reforestation |
3,5 |
2,4 |
5,3 |
6,5 |
185,7 |
Planted seedlings in nurseries, mln pcs. |
9,1 |
8,9 |
9,3 |
9,2 |
101,1 |
Biological forest protection against pests and the diseases, thou. ha. |
14,1 |
42,4 |
19,3 |
21,6 |
153,2 |
Forests fires fighting with aviation, thou. ha. |
7136 |
6983 |
7277 |
8753 |
122,7 |
Total logged area by all forms of the fellings:
-area, thou. ha. |
398 |
415 |
415 |
441 |
110,8 |
- merchantable wood, thou. m. |
10327 |
9302 |
10787 |
14109 |
136,6 |
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| Fisheries
The territory of Belarus is watershed for the ponds of Baltic and Black seas. Altogether there are 20800 rivers with the total length of 90600 km. The largest river with the length of more than 500 km is Dnepr with its tributaries Pripet, Berezina, Sozh and Neman. In Belarus there are 10800 lakes and more than 9000 bogs. The largest lake Naroch occupies the area of approximately 80 km2. There were also created 136 man-made reservoirs, the largest of which is Vilejskoye. The total area of reservoirs is approximately 80,0 thou. ha. Commercial fishery in the national reservoirs is one of the management directions of fisheries in Belarus, which is concerned with fish catching. Commercial fishery in the majority of cases is concentrated in the southern regions, in rivers Dnepr, Pripyat, Sozh, Berezina with their tributaries. Trade value of Neman is substantially lower. Zapadnaya Dvina is not practically used for the commercial fishery.
In reservoirs and rivers of Belarus there are about 56 fish species. At present approximately 20 fish species have the specific trade value. The analysis of the statistical data of commercial fishery in lakes, rivers and reservoirs over the last five years showed that catches of roach, bream and crucian form about 75% of total catches. Whitefishes form approximately 0,2% of total catches, blackhead - 1,9 %, large predators (pike, somata, pike-perch, zherekh) - 4,4 %.
With the adoption of law about the lease, it became possible to pass over the fishing areas to the numerous leaseholders from the number of state and non-governmental enterprises and individuals. This caused the increase of the number of reservoirs used for the commercial fishing. At present 281 leaseholders (including state fish industries) exploit approximately 600 lakes and reservoirs with total area of 1,2 thou. km2 and 2,1 thou. km of rivers length for the commercial fishing.
Distribution of fishery reservoirs according to the types
Region |
Type of reservoir |
Total |
Lakes |
Storage ponds |
Ponds |
Quarries |
quantity |
area hà |
quantity |
area hà |
quantity |
area hà |
quantity |
area hà |
quantity |
area hà |
Brest |
188 |
10547,1 |
58 |
11705,6 |
129 |
1947,1 |
11 |
577,3 |
386 |
24777,1 |
Vitebsk |
1787 |
94364,49 |
38* |
1053,5 |
56 |
415,3 |
2 |
20,6 |
1883 |
95853,89 |
Gomel |
819 |
11144,9 |
26 |
4474,9 |
1* |
58,4 |
1 |
1860 |
847 |
17538,2 |
Grodno |
82 |
3044,8 |
28 |
2760 |
38* |
1212,1 |
1 |
158 |
149 |
7174,9 |
Minsk |
200 |
20403,47 |
56 |
21816,2 |
13* |
1700,59 |
2* |
580 |
271 |
44500,26 |
Mogilev |
142 |
1732,5 |
41 |
6259,1 |
12 |
134 |
- |
- |
195 |
8125,6 |
Total |
3218 |
141237,26 |
247* |
48069,3 |
249* |
5467,49 |
17* |
3195,9 |
3731 |
197969,95 |
* - precise quantity is not established
Distribution of fishery reservoirs and value of the commercial stock of ichthyfauna according to the classified groups
Groups of reservoirs |
Region |
Brest |
Vitebsk |
Gomel |
Grodno |
Minsk |
Mogilev |
Total |
cisco -smelt |
- |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
|
-quantity |
- |
21 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
22 |
-area, hà |
- |
8504 |
- |
- |
7913 |
- |
16417 |
- reserve, kg/ha |
- |
74,0 |
- |
- |
80,0 |
- |
- |
bream- pike-perch |
- |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
|
-quantity |
- |
37 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
40 |
-area, hà |
- |
26794 |
- |
- |
10479 |
- |
37273 |
- reserve, kg/ha |
- |
111,0 |
- |
- |
120,6 |
- |
- |
bream-pike-roach |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- quantity |
16 |
293 |
13 |
16 |
17 |
1 |
356 |
-area, hà |
6951 |
34422 |
1882 |
3563 |
16927 |
2340 |
66085 |
- reserve, kg/ha |
128,8 |
107,0 |
103,6 |
81,0 |
93,0 |
64,0 |
- |
perch-roach |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-quantity |
164 |
904 |
208 |
79 |
137 |
71 |
1563 |
-area, hà |
7781 |
17018 |
4586 |
2706 |
4642 |
3502 |
40235 |
- reserve, kg/ha |
92,0 |
82,0 |
88,8 |
62,0 |
54,1 |
64,0 |
- |
crucian-tench |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-quantity |
206 |
628 |
626 |
54 |
113 |
123 |
1750 |
-area, hà |
10045 |
9116 |
11070 |
906 |
4539 |
2284 |
37960 |
- reserve, kg/ha |
106 |
93,0 |
115,5 |
33,0 |
46,5 |
81,8 |
- |
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-quantity |
386 |
1883 |
847 |
149 |
271 |
195 |
3731 |
-area, hà |
24777 |
95854 |
17538 |
7175 |
44500 |
8126 |
197970 |
Region |
Groups of reservoirs |
Total |
cisco -smelt |
bream-pike |
bream- pike-perch |
perch-roach |
crucian-tench |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
Brest |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
6951 |
164 |
7780,7 |
206 |
10045,4 |
386 |
24777,1 |
Vitebsk |
21 |
8503,9 |
37 |
26793,5 |
293 |
34421,9 |
904 |
17018,32 |
647 |
9337,77 |
1902* |
96075,39 |
Gomel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
1882 |
208 |
4586,1 |
637 |
11335,3 |
858 |
17803,4 |
Grodno |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
3563 |
80 |
2740,9 |
105 |
1615 |
201* |
7918,9 |
Minsk |
1 |
7913 |
3 |
10479 |
17 |
16927 |
141 |
4702,4 |
166 |
4899,87 |
328* |
44921,27 |
Mogilev |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
2340 |
72 |
3622,1 |
164 |
3522,5 |
237 |
9484,6 |
Total |
22 |
16416,9 |
40 |
37272,5 |
356 |
66084,9 |
1569 |
40450,52 |
1925 |
40755,84 |
3912 |
200980,66 |
Agricultural production by categories of farms
in comparable prices, percentage to the previous year)
|
1995 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
All categories of farms |
95,3 |
109,3 |
101,8 |
100,7 |
106,6 |
112,6 |
101,7 |
106,0 |
104,4 |
108,6 |
101,3 |
Agricultural organizations, farms |
88,5 |
111,8 |
102,5 |
100,4 |
105,3 |
117,7 |
106,3 |
109,0 |
109,0 |
114,1 |
104,2 |
Domestic household farms |
105,8 |
106,8 |
100,9 |
101,0 |
108,0 |
107,2 |
95,3 |
101,8 |
97,9 |
100,1 |
95,8 |
Total yield of main agricultural crops
(in all categories of farms, thou. tons)
|
1995 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
cereals and legumes, total |
5502 |
4856 |
5153 |
5990 |
5449 |
7016 |
6421 |
5923 |
7216 |
9013 |
8510 |
of which: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
rye |
2143 |
1360 |
1294 |
1600 |
1152 |
1397 |
1155 |
1072 |
1305 |
1492 |
1227 |
wheat |
439 |
966 |
867 |
1017 |
796 |
1121 |
1175 |
1075 |
1397 |
2045 |
1979 |
triticale |
113 |
311 |
427 |
798 |
890 |
1216 |
1121 |
978 |
1241 |
1819 |
1789 |
barley |
1965 |
1378 |
1700 |
1681 |
1608 |
2031 |
1864 |
1831 |
1911 |
2212 |
2123 |
oats |
638 |
495 |
530 |
575 |
594 |
765 |
609 |
555 |
580 |
605 |
552 |
buckwheat |
14 |
18 |
16 |
7 |
12 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
18 |
19 |
maize |
3 |
30 |
31 |
30 |
50 |
39 |
144 |
153 |
541 |
495 |
449 |
grain legumes |
187 |
291 |
281 |
279 |
333 |
426 |
331 |
238 |
202 |
301 |
357 |
flax fibre |
60 |
37 |
32 |
26 |
41 |
57 |
50 |
29 |
39 |
61 |
47 |
sugar beet |
1172 |
1474 |
1682 |
1146 |
1920 |
3088 |
3065 |
3978 |
3626 |
4030 |
3973 |
rape |
26 |
73 |
95 |
60 |
55 |
143 |
150 |
115 |
240 |
514 |
612 |
potatoes |
9504 |
8718 |
7768 |
7421 |
8649 |
9902 |
8185 |
8329 |
8744 |
8749 |
7125 |
vegetables |
1031 |
1379 |
1415 |
1507 |
2002 |
2035 |
2007 |
2173 |
2153 |
2296 |
2308 |
Dynamics of cattle stock, thou. heads (in all categories of farms)
Years |
Cattle, total |
Cows, including |
Swine |
Sheep and goats |
Horses |
Poultry |
2004 |
3924 |
1658 |
3287 |
126 |
192 |
24,5 |
2005 |
3963 |
1613 |
3407 |
125 |
181 |
25,1 |
2006 |
3980 |
1565 |
3545 |
121 |
168 |
28,5 |
2007 |
3989 |
1506 |
3642 |
122 |
156 |
28,7 |
2008 |
4007 |
1459 |
3598 |
124 |
147 |
29,4 |
2009 |
4131 |
1452 |
3705 |
126 |
137 |
31,2 |
Export of foodstuffs of the Republic of Belarus (thou. tons
Commodity/Years |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Beef |
43,5 |
46,6 |
58,4 |
41,8 |
34,5 |
Pork |
14,7 |
23,4 |
36,8 |
14,9 |
31,3 |
Poultry meat |
13,2 |
10,5 |
9,0 |
7,9 |
6,2 |
Condensed cream and milk |
94,3 |
119,0 |
153,0 |
161,0 |
167,9 |
Butter |
46,8 |
51,3 |
53,6 |
49,5 |
61,5 |
Cheese and curd |
53,5 |
65,1 |
82,6 |
99,0 |
102,0 |
Eggs, mln pcs |
531,0 |
441,8 |
515,9 |
437,9 |
463,5 |
Sugar |
383,9 |
481,6 |
250,5 |
272,1 |
323,5 |
Confectionery |
25,8 |
21,1 |
18,1 |
12,4 |
9,0 |
Potatoes |
103,0 |
16,9 |
9,9 |
31,1 |
41,9 |
Production of the main foodstuff commodities
Commodities |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Meat and by-products, thou. ton |
414,6 |
479,6 |
546,8 |
580,1 |
619,8 |
Sausage goods, thou. ton |
220,0 |
256,5 |
277,6 |
273,1 |
306,5 |
Butter, thou. ton |
81,6 |
85,0 |
87,7 |
86,2 |
98,8 |
Creamy cheese (including brynza), thou. ton |
65,1 |
82,3 |
101,0 |
110,0 |
127,9 |
Whole milk products in milk equivalent,
thou. ton |
992 |
1122 |
1284 |
1379 |
1370 |
Vegetable oil |
27,8 |
42,2 |
43,7 |
49,1 |
79,3 |
Granulated sugar, total, thou. ton |
768,4 |
864,2 |
814,1 |
656,5 |
707,8 |
Canned goods, total, thou. con. cans |
438 |
436 |
535 |
545 |
658 |
Bread and bakery products, thou. ton. |
691 |
661 |
639 |
616 |
608 |
Soft drinks, thou decalitres |
25,3 |
29,2 |
33,8 |
36,5 |
37,5 |
Mineral water, thou. half litres |
352,2 |
367,1 |
386,5 |
402,7 |
383,2 |
Consumption of main foodstuff commodities per capita, kg.
Commodities |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Meat and meat products |
59 |
61 |
67 |
70 |
75 |
Milk and milk foods |
246 |
259 |
254 |
250 |
233 |
Eggs, pcs |
238 |
256 |
276 |
275 |
279 |
Fish and fish products |
17,6 |
18,4 |
17,4 |
17,5 |
15,9 |
Potatoes |
185 |
181 |
187 |
188 |
189 |
Bakery products |
100 |
95 |
93 |
92 |
89 |
Sugar |
39,4 |
38,7 |
36,1 |
34,2 |
39,1 |
Vegetable oil |
14,3 |
14,5 |
14,1 |
15,7 |
15,1 |
Vegetables and melons and gourds |
118 |
127 |
134 |
138 |
143 |
Fruits and berries |
46 |
47 |
59 |
58 |
59 |
Dynamics of realization of main types of activities in the forestry branch
Activities |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Reforestation, ha, including: |
51471 |
56217 |
54988 |
50006 |
- forest planting and sowing |
45031 |
48662 |
48069 |
43135 |
- assistance to natural reforestation |
6440 |
7555 |
6919 |
6871 |
Planted seedlings in nurseries, ha |
23992 |
23841 |
21767 |
20671 |
Biological forest protection against pests and the diseases, ha |
21622 |
22339 |
22726 |
22623 |
Chemical forest protection against pests and the diseases, ha |
9533 |
693 |
194 |
2423 |
Total logged area by: |
|
|
|
|
- all forms of the fellings, area, thou. ha. |
440951 |
452131 |
519910 |
487962 |
- merchantable wood, thou. m. |
25124 |
25330 |
28517 |
24413 |
- intermediate fellings |
223924 |
242266 |
248169 |
256518 |
- other |
189536 |
182143 |
240018 |
201797 |
Distribution of fishery reservoirs according to the types
Region |
Type of reservoir |
Total |
Lakes |
Storage ponds |
Ponds |
Quarries |
quantity |
area hà |
quantity |
area hà |
quantity |
area hà |
quantity |
area hà |
quantity |
area hà |
Brest |
188 |
10547,1 |
58 |
11705,6 |
129 |
1947,1 |
11 |
577,3 |
386 |
24777,1 |
Vitebsk |
1787 |
94364,49 |
38* |
1053,5 |
75 |
636,8 |
2 |
20,6 |
1902 |
96075,39 |
Gomel |
819 |
11144,9 |
26 |
4474,9 |
12 |
323,6 |
1 |
1860 |
858 |
17803,4 |
Grodno |
82 |
3044,8 |
28 |
2760 |
89 |
1921,1 |
2 |
193 |
201 |
7918,9 |
Minsk |
200 |
20403,47 |
56 |
21816,2 |
68 |
2061,6 |
4 |
640 |
328 |
44921,27 |
Mogilev |
142 |
1732,5 |
41+1 |
6259,1+120 |
53 |
1373 |
- |
- |
237 |
9484,6 |
Total |
3218 |
141237,26 |
248* |
48189,3 |
426* |
8263,2 |
20* |
3290,9 |
3912 |
200980,66 |
* - precise quantity is not established
Distribution of fishery reservoirs and value of the commercial stock of ichthyofauna according to the classified groups
Region |
Groups of reservoirs |
Total |
cisco -smelt |
bream-pike |
bream- pike-perch |
perch-roach |
crucian-tench |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
q-ty |
area hà |
Brest |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
6951 |
164 |
7780,7 |
206 |
10045,4 |
386 |
24777,1 |
Vitebsk |
21 |
8503,9 |
37 |
26793,5 |
293 |
34421,9 |
904 |
17018,32 |
647 |
9337,77 |
1902* |
96075,39 |
Gomel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
1882 |
208 |
4586,1 |
637 |
11335,3 |
858 |
17803,4 |
Grodno |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
3563 |
80 |
2740,9 |
105 |
1615 |
201* |
7918,9 |
Minsk |
1 |
7913 |
3 |
10479 |
17 |
16927 |
141 |
4702,4 |
166 |
4899,87 |
328* |
44921,2 |
Mogilev |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
2340 |
72 |
3622,1 |
164 |
3522,5 |
237 |
9484,6 |
Total |
22 |
16416,9 |
40 |
37272,5 |
356 |
66084,9 |
1569 |
40450,52 |
1925 |
40755,84 |
3912 |
200980,66 |
The commercial stock of ichthyofauna according to the classified groups
Region |
Groups of reservoirs |
Total |
cisco -smelt |
bream-pike |
bream- pike-perch |
perch-roach |
crucian-tench |
kg/ha |
tons |
kg/ha |
tons |
kg/ha |
tons |
kg/ha |
tons |
kg/ha |
tons |
Brest |
- |
- |
- |
- |
70,0 |
487 |
77,1 |
600 |
41,3 |
415 |
1502 |
Vitebsk |
57,5 |
489 |
72,8 |
1951 |
65,2 |
2244 |
45,4 |
773 |
53,0 |
495 |
5952 |
Gomel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
89,7 |
169 |
81,4 |
373 |
45,7 |
518 |
1060 |
Grodno |
- |
- |
- |
- |
81,0 |
289 |
62,0 |
170 |
33,0 |
53 |
512 |
Minsk |
81,8 |
647 |
80,0 |
838 |
81,9 |
1386 |
55,4 |
261 |
44,4 |
218 |
3350 |
Mogilev |
- |
- |
- |
- |
59,6 |
139 |
64,3 |
233 |
78,7 |
277 |
649 |
Total |
|
1136 |
|
2789 |
|
4714 |
|
2410 |
|
1976 |
13025 |
The river extension and commercial stock of ichthyofauna according to the channel categories
River category |
Width of the river bed, m
average |
Average square of the 1 river km, ha |
Total extension of the rivers within the Republic, thou. km |
commercial stock of ichthyofauna |
kg/ha |
kg/km |
tons |
I |
80-800 (100) |
10 |
3,09 |
81,6 |
816,0 |
2070 |
II |
40 -100 (50) |
5 |
2,47 |
67,2 |
336,0 |
600 |
III |
5 - 40 (20) |
2 |
18,80 |
51,1 |
102,2 |
1280 |
Âñåãî |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
3950* |
* No metering the rivers less than 25 km.
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