Agriculture is the industry that shows growth even in times of crisis. But despite the positive dynamics, the adaptation of the Russian agro-industrial complex to the new reality is not painless: low purchase prices, more expensive seeds, fertilizers, plant protection products, feed, imported equipment and technologies, a shortage of individual components and destroyed logistics links. All these issues will be discussed on March 6-7 at TatAgroExpo as part of the business program.
The central event will traditionally be an expanded meeting of the final board of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan with the participation of Rais of the Republic - Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov. The board will set goals for 2023 and sum up the results of the past. For example, last year the agro-industrial complex of the republic managed to harvest 5 million tons of grain and for the first time overcome the milestone of milk yield of 2 million tons for all categories of farms.
A significant role in achieving such results was played by active work on the introduction of digital technologies in the agriculture of the republic. As part of the round tables held by RIVTs JSC at TatAgroExpo, it will be possible to learn about the creation of a unified state information system of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, applied solutions for the digitalization of the agro-industrial complex, including for reducing costs when purchasing production goods and selling crops, about a training program for agribusiness, as well as discuss strategic issues about digital transformation, the maturity of the agro-complex or food security in Russia as a whole.
In connection with the opening of a new section at the exhibition "Food and Processing Industry" most business meetings will be focused on farmers and representatives of small and medium-sized businesses, where there will be an opportunity to gain new practical knowledge, jointly discuss existing difficulties and prospects for cooperation.
The round table of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food "Complex of business infrastructure for the development of rural entrepreneurship and cooperation" will allow you to learn about state regulation of entrepreneurship development in rural areas and certification of agricultural products, to understand financial products from banks that support the development of the agricultural sector.
Business meeting "Farmers and HoReCa: how to become a supplier of products for restaurants", organized by the partner of the exhibition - the publishing house "Agrariy Plus", will allow you to understand the requirements of Russian chefs for farm products, see real presentations of farms, evaluate their experience and discuss urgent problems in matters of interaction. The master class of chefs on preparing dishes for the restaurant menu from farm products purchased directly at the exhibition should serve as a confirmation of the reality and prospects of mutually beneficial cooperation between farmers and HoReCa.
The event of the Association of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan will also raise the question of why farmers miss the opportunity to work with restaurants, and eminent speakers will tell о the importance of creating a personal brand of a farmer to guarantee stable sales, on the development of B2B and alternative sales channels.
In the modern digital agricultural world, the scientific and personnel components are becoming the most important elements. Much attention at TatAgroExpo will be paid to familiarize business, employers, pupils and students with educational opportunities and research results of such universities as KazSAU, KGAVM, KSPEU, KNITU-KHTI, KFU and Innopolis.
It will be possible to talk in more detail about educational projects and the rules for building an employer brand in the agro-industrial complex at the round tables of business platform No. 2. Here, at a special seminar from the regional competence center in the field of labor productivity of the Republic of Tatarstan, it will be possible to get an answer to the question of how to increase labor productivity at agricultural enterprises with the help of a national project.
Also at the TatAgroExpo site there will be a panel discussion "Science and business in dairy processing - towards each other" from KNRTU-KHTI, where milk processors will be able to select innovative domestic technologies for their production and taste products made with their use. And the “Science Slam: about science in the agro-industrial complex” will traditionally host a battle of modern scientific ideas and own research by young scientists from KSAU, KSCAVM and KNRTU-KHTI. The spectators of the scientific battle along with the professional jury will take part in the selection of the best students.
The profile events of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Union of Dairy Producers of Tatarstan, the general sponsor of the exhibition JSC "Ammoniy", the sponsor of the business program JSC Firm "August", as well as "PhosAgro-Volga", "ASI- Agro, Agrarum, Pole.RF, Lallemad Animal Nutrition. Presentation of ratings of milk producers and processors in Tatarstan, challenges and drivers for the development of dairy farming in an era of global change, issues of digital mechanization of agricultural farms, soil biologization and agrolandscape farming in Tatarstan, economic feasibility of using know-till, the importance of crop insurance, recommendations from leading manufacturers of fertilizers, protective equipment and agricultural machinery, acquaintance with the experience of successful Tatarstan farms are the key leitmotifs of the speeches of their experts and practitioners.
The organizers of the exhibition are actively developing the TatAgroExpo exhibition as a competitive platform: a novelty of this year will be the first competition in our region "The best dairy product of Tatarstan", which will be attended by 6 largest dairy plants of the Republic. The plants will undergo a real test purchase: tests in the laboratory, evaluation by an expert jury and a public tasting.
All participants and guests of the TatAgroExpo exhibition can join to a business tour to JSC "Head Breeding Enterprise" ELITE "to get acquainted with the capabilities of the enterprise's laboratories and breeding bulls.
In total, within the framework of the exhibition program, 30 events will be held, in which more than 110 speakers will speak. Admission is free by appointment Registration. (online broadcast on the site is provided). Check the current schedule of TatAgroExpo business programs on the website tatagroekspo.com.