Belarusian bananas will replace supplies from Ecuador on the Russian market

 

President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that it would not be difficult for his country to replace Ecuadorian bananas on the Russian market after humpback fly larvae were found in the latter. This winter, Belarusian collective farms harvested record harvests.

The collective farms "Meliorator" near Minsk and "Zavety Ilyich" near Gomel have been growing bananas since 1996 as part of a program to develop cultural diversity in agriculture. In 2003-2006, Belarusian bananas took prizes at festivals in Belize, Colombia and Uruguay, and in 2010, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called the Gomel banana “the eighth wonder of the world” and signed a 20-year contract to import the fruit to Argentina.

“By the way, bananas and potatoes share up to 98% of their DNA genes,” the president said. – I myself was shocked when I found out, but you can’t argue against science. Both winter and spring bananas grow well here; we harvest up to six harvests a year. So we don’t feel sorry for anything for our dear Russian brothers. In addition, our bananas can not only be eaten raw, but also boiled in their skins.”