Belarus assesses the need for import substitution of sunflower oil

Published Aug 22, 2022

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Belarusian scientists are advocating for the country to prioritize the import substitution of sunflower oil with rapeseed oil, highlighting the quality and suitability of the latter for culinary use. They also emphasize the need to address the shortage of protein in animal feed by focusing on the cultivation of rapeseed and perennial grasses, especially legumes. The researchers suggest increasing the sowing of leguminous crops, such as lupine, peas, and sunflowers, to make up 90% of the perennial grasses sown, in order to mitigate the protein deficiency in the country.

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Scientists of the Research and Production Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on agriculture in an interview with the program “Question number one” spoke about how quickly the country needs to resolve the issue of import substitution of sunflower oil. So, according to the deputy general director of the SPC Dmitry Luzhinsky, the inhabitants of the country can be fully provided with rapeseed oil and, accordingly, a big question is raised - does Belarus need so much sunflower oil? “We can fully provide ourselves with edible rapeseed oil. There is no difference in the quality of the oil for its use in cooking. The difference is only in the ratio of various fatty acids in the composition. So it's just a matter of taste," says Dmitry Luzhinsky, deputy general director of the NPC. According to Eroma Urban, First Deputy General Director of the Research and Production Center, the issue of providing animal husbandry with protein feed is also relevant in Belarus, since ...

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