Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Belarus practically does not purchase durum wheat varieties; its selections are quite good

Published 2024년 8월 5일

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Belarus has significantly reduced its purchases of durum wheat varieties due to satisfaction with the quality of its domestic selections for baking and pasta production. The country's head of the main department of crop production, Nikolai Leshik, stated that only 15% of the total grain is used for bread and pasta production, with the rest serving as a raw material for processors and feed crop for farmers. The country is focused on improving both wheat varieties and processing technologies, aiming to produce products with high added value and earn substantial revenue.

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Belarus practically does not purchase durum wheat varieties; its selections are quite good. Nikolai Leshik, head of the main department of crop production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, spoke about this in the BELTA project “The Country is Speaking”. In recent years, durum wheat varieties have not been purchased en masse. “Our domestic selections are already quite good in their baking qualities. This is a stable third class for wheat, which allows us to produce even pasta products with new technologies. Processors usually want gluten to be at the level of 25-26%, or even 28%, spring and some winter wheat produces such gluten. This requires 100% implementation of the technology,” he noted. Already last year, almost no durum wheat varieties were purchased from Belarus. “We are improving both varieties by breeders and technologies of processors,” said Nikolai Leshik. The ...

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