Current problems and challenges of agriculture in the Republic of Belarus

Abstract

The work aims to discuss current problems and challenges for agriculture in the Republic of Belarus. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic processes initiated in 2020 somewhat worsened the situation in the agricultural sector, and the existing problems deepened and reasserted themselves. The methods of statistical comparative analysis used in the study together with the construction of dynamic series, which reflect changes in the phenomenon over time, allowed for the identification of certain trends and regularities characteristic of Belarusian agriculture. On the other hand, dialectical analysis made it possible to identify the sources of the main obstacles to effective functioning. The study concludes that the reform of the agricultural system is of key importance for the future performance of Belarusian agriculture. The lack of a uniform approach to the development of the separate spheres of the agro-industrial complex (rus. агропромышленный комплекс, далее – АПК) leads to significant disproportions in their effectiveness. On the other hand, the lack of diversification of buyers on the market of agricultural products leads to a significant dependence of Belarusian producers on the market conditions of the Russian Federation. An attempt to create large cluster formations should be accompanied by appropriate justification and calculation of potential opportunities and threats.

Energy Efficiency in Agricultural Production—Experience from Land Consolidation in Poland and Finland

“…The problem of excessive land fragmentation affects many countries. One can read in the literature that it occurs, among others, in Bulgaria [57,58], in the Republic of Belarus [59], in Cyprus [60], in the Czech Republic [61], in Estonia [62], in Finland [63,64], in Hungary [65], in Latvia [66], in Lithuania [67], in Slovakia [68], in Spain [69], in The Netherlands [70,71], and in Ukraine [72].…”

The Impact of Purchasing New Agricultural Machinery on Fuel Consumption on Farms

“…The problem of significant agrarian fragmentation currently affects many countries. In their work, Balawejder cited many authors to emphasize that it occurs in Bulgaria [7,8], the Republic of Belarus [9], Cyprus, the Czech Republic [10], Estonia, Finland [11], Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Spain, the Netherlands [12], and Ukraine [13], among others.…”

A land consolidation geoportal as a useful tool in land consolidation projects – A case study of villages in southern Poland

“…The high fragmentation of land plots, especially in southern Poland, calls for urgent land consolidation measures (Balawejder & Leń, 2016;Cienciała et al, 2022;Gniadek et al, 2017;Janus, 2018;Janus & Taszakowski, 2018;Noga et al, 2017;Stręk & Noga, 2019). According to the literature, excessive land fragmentation is a problem that affects many countries, including Bulgaria (Di Falco et al, 2010;Moteva, 2020), in the Republic of Belarus (Hrybau et al, 2022), Cyprus (Demetriou, 2016), Czech Republic (Sklenicka, 2016), Estonia (Jürgenson, 2016), Finland (Hentunen & Konttinen, 2022), Hungary (Cegielska et al, 2018), Latvia (Jankava et al, 2014), Lithuania (Pašakarnis & Maliene, 2010), the Netherlands (Stańczuk-Gałwiaczek et al, 2018), Slovakia (Muchová & Petrovič, 2019), Spain (Touriño et al, 2003), Turkey (Boztoprak et al, 2016), and Ukraine (Martyn et al, 2022).…”