The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia announced an additional competitive selection of integrated scientific and technical projects of the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Agriculture for 2017-2030 for participation in the subprogram "Development of selection and seed production of potatoes in the Russian Federation".
On June 2, the FSTP Directorate and the Potato Union held a joint webinar for potential new participants in the subprogram. During the meeting, the experts of the FNTP Directorate spoke in detail about the features of this stage of selection, the procedure for completing application documentation and answered questions from the audience.
Thus, Miroslava Skrynnikova, head of the FSTP Directorate, explained that the main emphasis in the selection of new projects this year will be on seed production, since 29 promising potato varieties have already been created over the past period of the subprogram. One of the expected results of the subprogram is to increase the volume of produced domestic potato elite seed material by 28 thousand tons by 2030, and taking into account the situation in the country and the world, this figure is likely to be increased.
Denis Ryzhkov, Deputy Head of the FSTP Directorate, drew the attention of the webinar participants to the mistakes that are often made in the preparation of documents, and also noted that the preparation of the entire set of materials attached to the application takes time, and urged not to postpone the solution of this issue.
Recall that applications for participation in the subprogram will be accepted 27 May to 8 July 2022 of the year.
Additional information about the subprogram can be found at FNTP Directorate website, as well as on the page of the department VK and telegram channel.
The recording of the webinar is posted on the website of the Potato Union https://www.welikepotato.ru/press/zoomks