Agri-food sector of Belarus: trends, policies, and development perspectives
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.