An abnormally hot summer with temperatures plus 30-35 degrees negatively affected the grain harvest. The Mlyn.BY correspondent was informed about this by the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Regional Executive Committee.

By this time, about 60% of grain and leguminous crops have been harvested from the fields of the Minsk region. The farmers of the central region have threshed more than a million tons of grain.

The harvesting of winter rapeseed has been practically completed. More than 230 thousand tons were received.

In general, the harvesting campaign will be completed taking into account the natural and climatic conditions. And if force majeure does not happen - prolonged torrential rains - they plan to finish it in the next 10 days.

- Now the main task is to quickly prepare for winter sowing. The whole range of works is underway: fertilization (both organic and mineral). We also started sowing winter rapeseed. We plan to complete it by August 25, - said Sergey Primachenko, Deputy Chairman of the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Regional Executive Committee.

The committee added that the dry years that happened in Belarus this year had a negative impact on the development of plants.

- We expected a more weighty loaf than we have now. However, during the grain filling phase, a stressful effect on the plants occurred - the air temperature rose above plus 35 degrees. So there was a moisture deficit, blocking of the root system in cereals. As a result, we will not get about 300 thousand tons of grain compared to last year. 10 days of normal stable weather was not enough for us to thresh the originally planned 2 million tons.

Procurement of green fodder also continues in the region. More than 10 thousand tons of fodder are harvested daily. During the harvesting period, inter-farm teams were created.

- At the moment we have 2 million 800 thousand tons of green fodder, - said Sergei Primachenko. - If you look at the conventional head of cattle, then we are lagging behind last year's level by an insignificant figure - less than one fodder unit. Fodder failure also occurred due to drought. The grasses did not grow back. As a result of the sown one-year groups, we were forced to strategically harvest on the green conveyor, which is required daily for livestock in order not to waste milk. However, we can compensate for this lag in three days when the grass regrowth.

As explained in the committee on agriculture and food of the regional executive committee, today there is an intensive regrowth of grasses of the third cut. The farmers were actively involved in the work.

Source: Minsk-region.gov.by

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke about education quality and standards at a meeting with representatives of the general public, experts, and mass media titled as the Big Conversation with the President on 9 August, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that education is of paramount importance. “If we fail to address problems in education, we will not be able to tackle a single problem in the society. This is our most painful issue,” he said.

The Belarusian leader noted: “We will embark on it right away, on 1 September. We will take all the necessary decisions to restore order at educational institutions, we will develop appropriate standards and approaches, so that they [students] understand that this state gives them resources and knowledge - the foundation of their future - free of charge,” he said.

Parents also play an important role in the educational and upbringing process, the head of state believes. “The school will not be able to do anything without parents. I am a father myself, I am a parent. And I understand: for a child to be a success, he/she should study. But we also have problems with some parents. I think that after last year's events, parents realized what they could lose, and they will convey this message to their children. We will get schools, universities, vocational schools involved. We will not put pressure on anyone. We will just put things in order, introduce a standard that everyone should comply with. And this is a huge amount of work that we will not be able to handle at a time. We will get down to work on 1 September. We will monitor what is going on there in schools. We will no longer raise opponents to our state at universities. But it is imperative that young people should have their own point of view. I visited Belarusian State University and they raised a lot of questions. When you talk to them, explain to them these matters, you see that they are completely different people - they understand everything,” he concluded.

Source: БелТА

Aleksandr Pranovich, a reserve lieutenant colonel, who previously held the post of chairman of Pukhovichi District Council of Deputies, was appointed chairman of Myadel Region Executive Committee. In this post, he replaced Anatoly Voinilko.

The new head of Myadel regional executive committee was introduced by the chairman of Minsk oblast executive committee Alexander Turchin on July 30 at the extraordinary 28th session of the regional Council of Deputies of the 28th convocation. They unanimously supported the candidacy of Alexander Pranovich.

Alexander Pranovich was born in Maryina Gorka, Pukhovichi district in 1979. In 1997 he graduated from the Minsk State Higher Aviation Technical College. Then he became a cadet of the Gomel secondary fire-technical school of the State Institution of the paramilitary fire service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus.

He began his career in 1999 as the chief of the guard of a militarized fire station in the Pukhovichi region. In 2004, he became deputy head for operational and tactical work of the Pukhovichi district emergency department of the Minsk regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. And in the period from 2007 to 2018 he headed this department.

Graduated from the State Educational Institution "Command and Engineering Institute" of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus. Received a higher education in the specialty - prevention and elimination of emergencies, management in the prevention and elimination of emergencies. In 2020 he graduated from the Academy of Management under the President of the Republic of Belarus with a degree in Public Administration and Ideology.

Has a state award "For impeccable service", 3rd degree.

He is a deputy of the Pukhovichi District Council of Deputies of the Minsk Region of the 28th convocation.

The governor of the Minsk region congratulated the newly elected chairman on taking office and handed him a certificate. He directed the head of the Myadel regional executive committee to give impetus to the development of the regional center.

Namely, to develop sanatoriums and resorts in the Naroch Territory, agriculture, competently form a personnel policy, etc.

- The Myadel region is rightfully considered the pearl not only of the Minsk region, but of the whole of Belarus. Here is Lake Naroch and a whole scattering of lakes, the National Park. It is not in vain that the President of our country pays such attention to the Myadel region, - noted Alexander Turchin.

Source: Minsk-region.gov.by

Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus has clinched bronze in the Men's High Jump Event to win the second medal for Belarus at the Tokyo Olympics, BelTA has learned.

Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar cleared 2.37 to share Olympic gold. Maksim Nedasekau also cleared that height to set a national record. However, he missed out on a share of the gold because of an earlier failure.

On his opening attempt Maksim Nedasekau failed to clear 2.19 m, he could do it only on his second jump. After that he had no failed attempts until he stumbled at 2.35 m. The 23-year old Belarusian went on to clear 2.37 m on his first jump setting a national record. After three failures to clear 2.39 m, the Belarusian ended up with a bronze.

A day before, Belarusian gymnast Ivan Litvinovich won gold in the men's trampoline, Belarus' first medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Source: БелТА

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.292 to pass the program on Belarus' social and economic development in 2021-2025, BelTA has learned. The main provisions of the program were approved by the 6th Belarusian People's Congress.

The program specifies goals, tasks, and priority directions of the country's social and economic development for the five-year term. It also specifies implementation measures, targets to measure the development of specific industries, spheres of economy and regions as well as the expected results.

The key goal of the program is to ensure stability in the society and growing welfare of citizens by means of modernizing the economy, building up the social capital, creating comfortable conditions for life, work, and self-realization of individuals.

Belarus' development will be based on such priorities as happy family, strong regions, intellectual country, and state as a partner in order to promote growing mutual trust between the state and the society, the state and the person, the state and the private sector. The program intends to achieve these priorities by resolving the most pressing problems of every citizen: earnings, employment, affordable housing, safe transport, affordable and high-tech healthcare services, quality education, and the development of the regions. A 20.2% increase in earnings will be the foundation for people's wellbeing.

The program provides for transition to a full-fledged sectoral policy for the sake of improving the quality of state administration. In particular, the program focuses on the development of industry-specific development strategies, on promotion of interests of private and state enterprises, primarily on foreign markets.

The program is supposed to bring about a brand new level of economic development of the state and respectively a brand new level of people's welfare and living standards.

Source: БелТА