SOLIGORSK, 3 October (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko was briefed on issues of import substitution in poultry farming at a government conference at the Soligorsk Poultry Farm, BelTA has learned. At present, a key challenge for the domestic poultry industry is its dependence on imports of day‑old grandparent and parent stock. Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Yuri Gorlov reported that poultry meat accounts for 38% of total meat production in the country. In the meat poultry sector, grandparent stock is purchased abroad and supplied to the Broiler breeding facility of Dzerzhinsky Agrokombinat. “We must look ahead to ensure that we have our own supply of eggs and meat,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.