For a significant personal contribution to the innovative development of the national economy, the director of the Republican Production Unitary Enterprise «Akademfarm» Yuri Mikitsky was thanked by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus. The award was presented on July 7 by the First Deputy Minister of Economy Yury Chebotar. Academician Petr Vityaz, who stood at the origins of the enterprise, also congratulated the Academfarm team.

The director of the «Academfarm» emphasized that this was an award not only for him, but for the entire staff of the enterprise. Courage, perseverance, competence, the ability to the quickly respond to the market demands – Yury Mikitsky called these qualities the main guarantee of success for the company's employees.

Also, the Gratitude from the Ministry of Economy was presented to the director of the State Scientific Institution «A.V. Lykov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus» Oleg Penyazkov.