Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the scientists whether it makes sense to expand the area under sunflower crops in Belarus. After all, this is about import substitution, as Belarus has to import sunflower oil.
The president heard out the opinion of Director General of the National Research Center for Agriculture Fyodor Privalov on the current harvest campaign and the situation in the agricultural sector in general.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed the society's importance. “It might be more important than some government agency. Because it represents a most important resource of the state. Several words with a fresh look. How do you feel yourself over there?” he wondered.