Zhanna Komarova
The beginnings of the academic future branches and industries
In his interview the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, academician Vladimir Gusakov reviewed the meeting of the President Alexander Lukashenko with the academic community and commented on the problems raised there.

Viktor Ryazanov
Interest-free economy as a condition for innovative development of the state
Considering the scientific discussions of the past, in particular, the Keynesian anti-crisis policy version, the history of the Great Depression and, in general, the accumulated experience of management, the author analyzes the opportunities of the capitalist economy current model, which dominates in the world.

Zenon Lovkis, Aleksandr Shepshelev, Dmitry Zaichenko
Interaction of science and production in the domestic food industry
The article deals with the issues of efficiency and performance of food industry improving as a result of close cooperation with science. The authors give the structure, goals and tasks of the cluster “Republican Center for healthy nutrition technologies” (The Scientific and Practical Center for Foodstuffs, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus) as an example of such cooperation.

Kristina Zhakova, Natalia Mironova
New development of functional products
Functional foodstuffs are considered as a special group of products for healthy, rational nutrition. The authors consider new developments of the Scientific and Practical Center for Foodstuffs (National Academy of Sciences of Belarus) in the field of enriched foodstuffs in various branches of the food industry.

Zhanna Komarova
The science of creating products with added utility
Director of the Institute for meat and dairy industry, Scientific and Practical Center for Foodstuffs, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Alexey Meliashchenia speaks on the problems of the domestic market of meat and dairy industry and the role of science in it.

Tatiana Tananaiko, Vitaliy Soloviev
Functional non-alcoholic beverages
The article gives the research results on the development of the new functional non-alcoholic beverages for schoolchildren, students and seniors. These beverages are enriched with biologically active substances, have a general health-improving effect, replenish the lack of vitamins and minerals, improve metabolism, are an available remedy for all age groups.

Svetlana Visloukhova, Alla Shevchuk
Confectionery products of the new generation
The article gives the information on the promising sugar substituting ingredients to be used in the confectionery production of new generation: sweeteners (isomalt, maltitol and erythritol), and natural food fibers (oligofructose). Developed types of domestic confectionery products are presented as products with «no added sugar» (sugar content is not more than 5 g/100 g of product).

Oleg Dymar, Oleg Soroko, Liudmila Sakalovskaya, Inna Miklukh
Innovative condensed milk products
The article considers the research results of technological features of condensed milk with sugar products based on whey production. There have been obtained the research data on the concentration, demineralization and enzymatic hydrolysis of lactose in milk whey used in the innovative technology for the sweet condensed milk preserves production.

Sviatlana Hardynets, Viktoryia Napreyenka
Influence of vegetable raw materials on storage terms of meat minced system
The studies on the preservatives and antioxidants of chemical origin substituting the vegetable natural ingredients, which also have preservative and antioxidant properties, are very significant for the high-quality meat products development. The authors studied the use of three vegetable compositions that enable to reduce oxidative and microbiological spoilage of meat minced system.

Irina Pochitskaya, Elena Aleksandrovskaya, Natalia Komarova
Quality control and food safety
The article considers the main activities, quality management system, technical equipment and staffing of the Republican Control and Test Complex for the quality and safety of foodstuffs.

Aliaksei Daineka
Management of external debt in Belarus and foreign countries
The article considers the instruments and mechanisms for external debt management, such as refinancing, restructuring, securitization, cancellation, conversion, export commodity deliveries, issuance of securities, commercialization. The foreign experience in managing public debt has been generalized. The Strategy of public debt management of the Republic of Belarus in 2015-2020 has been analyzed and the measures for its implementation were given.

Pavel Shvedko, Ekaterina Tavgen
Belarusian exporters entering the Southeast Asia’s markets
The article considers the opportunities and risks of the foreign trade relations between the Republic of Belarus and some states in Southeast Asia (in particular Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines) development.

Irina Tolstik
Project management in the public management
The article considers the definitions of “national project” and “state programme” from the modern practice of economic management viewpoint. The author gives the system characteristics of the project approach inherent to the Belarusian model of socio-economic development.

Irina Emelianovich
Basic strategies of the innovation managers training
Interview with the acting dean of the Faculty of Marketing, Management, Entrepreneurship, Belarusian National Technical University Sergey Kvasiuk on the specifics of economists-managers training.

Iryna Lashuk
Youth of Belarus and Lithuania: generational phenomenon
The comparative analysis of socio-cultural characteristics of the Belarusian and Lithuanian youth is given in the article. The author showed the probable ways of the younger generation evolution.

Ihar Cheshyk, Aleksander Nikitin, Dziana Sukharava, Alena Miadzvedzeva, Siarhei Haponenka
Possible application of microbiological preparations in minimization of radiation risks
The article considers the formation and accumulation of artificial radionuclides, which is a specific problem of nuclear technologies. Under certain circumstances they can get into the environment. The most dangerous are isotopes of cesium-134 and 137. The authors considered the possible use of microbiological additives to correct the rate of cesium excretion from the body.

Volga Khramchankova
Influence of epiphytic lichens biomass on the germination of cereal seeds
The article considers the influence of crushed biomass of epiphytic foliose and bushy lichen on seed germination and initial growth of cereal crops. The inhibitory and stimulating effect of the lichen on seed germination and initial growth of oats, barley, rye, wheat, triticale and corn was shown.