Research materials
All research materials prepared within the project and related scientific publications are available at the web-site of the project http://agricistrade.eu. Below you can find materials prepared by the IPM Research Center and/or other members of the research consortium covering issues related to Belarus agricultural sector development.
AGRICISTRADE country report
Agri-food sector of Belarus: trends, policies, and development perspectives
Vasilina Akhramovich, Alexander Chubrik, Gleb Shymanovich
This is one of the 8 country reports prepared within the AGRICISTRADE project. All reports follow common structure. Introduction describes macroeconomic background of the country and business environment in agricultural and food sectors. Second chapter provides thorough analysis of the development of agricultural sector, including organic production. The third chapter is devoted to the up- and downstream sectors. Attention is paid to the upstream industries of agricultural machinery production, and fertilizers production, and downstream food industry, food retail, and bioenergy production. The fourth chapter covers directions, volumes and dynamics of foreign trade of agricultural and food products. The fifth chapter presents overview of the policy measures that influences development of agricultural sector. The sixth chapter discusses potential of future agricultural and food sector development based on modified SWOT analysis. Related policy recommendations and conclusions are presented in the seventh chapter.
Presentation of the country reports main findings: Belarus
Slides with succinct presentation of main findings, conclusions and policy recommendations from the country reports are available for download at the online "Document library" of the project.
Monitoring of agri-food trade developments between Belarus and Russia in 2014
The report aims at analyzing recent trends in Belarus export to Russia in relation to the embargo that Russia imposed on food products of EU origin in August, 2014. Report focuses on trends in meat and dairy products exports which are key Belarusian export products, as well as fruits and vegetables export. Results show that Belarus benefited from the embargo only in the short-run. Already in November, Belarus agri-food export suffered reduction due to technical barriers that Russia introduced to prevent re-export of banned EU products even in processed form. Consequently, positive effect in annual terms can be observed only by some dairy products, fruits and vegetables. Export of the later grew throughout the whole year due to re-export schemes, fuelled by less costly customs procedures in Belarus compared to Russia.