{"id":137230,"date":"2025-05-08T13:42:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137230\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-says-potato-shortages-likely-to-persist-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137230\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka says potato shortages likely to persist for a month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/potato-kartofel-pixabay-e1742660597631.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 8,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka on May 8 made it clear that potato shortages may persist in Belarus for a month until new harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the opening ceremony for an International Exhibition Center in Minsk, he said that farmers are selling their potatoes in Russia because of considerably higher prices there. He added that farmers need cash to buy fertilizers and plant potatoes as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler also warned farms against selling seed potatoes to consumers, although social media posts from Belarus suggest that seed potatoes have been on sale for quite a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou remember, during Great Patriotic War years, people were starving in Leningrad, but saved their seeds so that they can have bread in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he had instructed the State Control Committee to investigate food shortages at groceries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also defended farmers selling food in Russia. \u201cOf course, peasants need cash. If they don\u2019t sell potatoes [abroad] and don\u2019t get hard currency, we will have to support them from the [state] budget. We don\u2019t want this. Our teachers, doctors and pensioners are not that rich [to afford potatoes at higher prices].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December, the government introduced potato export licenses for three months and in March extended the measure by another three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Belarus\u2019 potato harvest was 22.5-percent lower than in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/130436\/\">Health minister says $700 is a decent salary for doctors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 8,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka on May 8 made it clear that potato shortages may persist in Belarus for a month until new harvest. Speaking at the opening ceremony for an International Exhibition Center in Minsk, he said that farmers are selling their potatoes in Russia because of considerably higher prices there. He added that farmers need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":127099,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-137230","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka says potato shortages likely to persist for a month | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 8,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka on May 8 made it clear that potato shortages may persist in Belarus for a month until new harvest. 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