. I. Buts - was born 25.05.1969 city Dneproderynsk (Kamenskoye) Ukraine. 1975-1985 secondary school Shklovsky district, Belarus. 1985-1991 study at the Belarusian Agricultural Academy. 1991-1996 researcher at the Belarusian Agricultural Academy. 1993-1996 postgraduate studies at the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, 2008-2011 doctoral studies at the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, 2018 Doctor of Economics.