The future of agriculture is clearly connected with the production of food, feed, biomaterials, bioenergy, rare components like biopharmaceuticals and enzymes. Avery important aspect is the "unknown", which means the production of goods which we are not familiar with today. This brings up the subject of GMOs. The obvious questions are: do we need GMOs and what kind of GMOs are necessary - GM plants, GM microorganisms, or GM animals? We have to recognize the different ways of using GMOs: direct consumption (food), indirect consumption (feed), raw materials (energy, biomaterials), and valuable components (like enzymes). The effects of GMOs are very different; the most visible one is the effect on the economy. There are also social, legal, environmental, international as well as religious, and mental effects that are very important. These "effects" are closely related to potential "dangers", both real (documented and reproducible) and imaginative (invented and not documented). To sum up, I would like to state the following: There is no way to avoid genetic engineering, and bioeconomy is the key to the future. However, we all have the right and privilege of free choice.
The problem of effective using of gated out budgetary funds in agrarian sector is discussed. An offer of development of a procedure which should consider potential productivity of each region and agricultural organization and promote a decrease of differences between enterprises and territories on a level of economic development is presented. Besides it is necessary to consider the future membership of Belarus in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Entering condition in this organization for the agrarian sector is a removal of budget assignments on financing exports and a limitation of level of the state support for agriculture.