Expert council to discuss land melioration progress

The expert council will discuss the progress of land melioration. The practice of applying legislation in the field of land melioration and the effective use of such lands will be discussed in Lyuban at a meeting of the expert advisory council under the Presidium of the Council of the Republic. This year alone there are plans to put 110 thousand hectares of meliorated land into circulation. In Belarus, almost 40% of all farmland is drained and actively used. Meliorated lands produce a third of crop production, including over a half of green feed for livestock. The task is not only to ensure proper care of the territories, but also to gradually expand the area of fertile land.