The company "August" opened at the Department of Plant Protection of the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev classroom, equipped with the most modern equipment. It will train students in such areas as Agronomy, Horticulture, Agrochemistry and Agrosoil Science.
The Russian manufacturer of pesticides - JSC Firm "August" - equipped a classroom of 68 square meters at the Department of Plant Protection at the Timiryazev Academy. m for 30 seats. The design of the premises was made according to a special design project using the corporate identity of the company. The auditorium is equipped with the latest projection equipment, a sound control system, a Full HD rotary controllable camera, a computer, and loudspeakers. The installed equipment will make it possible to broadcast lectures, including for students who are on distance learning. With the help of new equipment, it is planned to conduct interactive classes, which also provide for the involvement of August specialists and employees of agricultural enterprises.
“Agronomist is an important and responsible profession. If the issue of crop protection is missed by half a day or even an hour, all previous work on growing the crop may be in vain. We do everything so that our graduates, as specialists, meet the highest requirements that life makes - both in science and in practice, - said Vladimir Trukhachev, rector of the RGAU-MSHA named after K.A. Timiryazev. “I am very pleased that we have found full mutual understanding with our colleagues from the August company and continue to build up cooperation.”
In addition, new ergonomic tables and chairs for students, a teacher's platform, and a magnetic whiteboard appeared in the classroom. To store educational entomological collections and types of damage to agricultural plants by pests, five new cabinets made according to an individual project were installed. Also, four stands were made with educational information about the main diseases, pests and weeds found on agricultural crops (original photographs from the fund of the August company were used in the preparation).
“Our cooperation with the company “August” has been going on for many years, during this time a lot has been done by joint efforts,” said Fevzi Jalilov, head of the plant protection department of the RGAU-MSHA named after K.A. Timiryazev. – Today we are opening a new well-equipped auditorium, donated to us by the company "August". Students get an additional opportunity to acquire knowledge in a comfortable educational environment. But no less important for us is the fact that August technologists share the most advanced solutions and developments in the field of plant protection with our students on a regular basis. We hope that thanks to this audience, live communication with August specialists and the exchange of experience will occur even more often.”
“Today, more than ever, agriculture needs comprehensively trained personnel who understand all the changes that are taking place in the industry. This concerns the development of digitalization, modern technologies, new approaches to the production of crops,” said Vladimir Alginin, Deputy General Director of JSC Firma August for General Affairs and Executive Director of the Russian Union of Producers of Chemical Plant Protection Products. “Together we are creating the best conditions for more efficient mastering of the specialties required by students in the agricultural sector of our country.”
Vladimir Alginin added that over the past ten years, the volume of use of chemical plant protection products in Russia has tripled, and domestic manufacturers already account for more than half of this volume. Ambitious tasks are ahead to bring the Russian production of pesticides to a new level and develop innovative products for farmers, so the company "August" today is sincerely interested in attracting top-class specialists.
It should be noted that the cooperation program also provides for holding by the company "August" in the new auditorium of the Timiryazev Academy of Agronomic Universiade for students of the second and third courses. Its winners will be paid scholarships.