OREANDA-NEWS. March 29, 2011. Belarus plans to spend about 4 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br) on the spring sowing campaign this year, Agriculture Minister Mikhail Rusy told.

Spending on fertilizers is planned at 2.171 trillion rubles, on crop protection agents 592.6 billion rubles, on seeds 254.9 billion rubles, and on fuel about 700.3 billion rubles.

The arrangements will be financed from the republican and local budgets, farms’ own funds and loans, which will amount to 30% of the total.