Lukashenko calls for increased focus on human resources in agriculture

"I said it once and reiterate again: it is better to fight in the field than on the front! Is there someone who does not understand this? We need an iron order. With a competent executive an organization (a collective farm, state farm and others) operates efficiently. Personnel is all-important. Otherwise we will continue spending a lot of money, equipment, fertilizers, loans which can otherwise be spent on pensioners, healthcare, education," the head of state said.

"If there is a return, then this is the money well spent. But if there is no return, then what is there to talk about?," the Belarusian leader stressed.

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that all the necessary decisions in terms of HR policy had been made: "Once again I would like to reiterate it publicly. Today, not a single specialist, not a single head of an agricultural enterprise can be transferred to another job or resign without the approval of a chairman of the district executive committee. If he quits, no one in the country will be able to hire him until he submits a certificate from his previous place of work, a reference. In terms of vertical power... Not a single chairman of the district executive committee and others on the regional register can quit their jobs either. It's time to put things in order in terms of human resources. The same applies to personnel: not a single machine operator, a milkmaid, and other specialists in an agricultural enterprise (collective farm, state farm) can resign without the approval of an executive. Top-down vertical and responsibility."