On October 4, 2023, during the Russian agro-industrial exhibition “Golden Autumn - 2023”, the Association of Advanced Grain Processing Enterprises “Soyuzkrazmal” and the Association “National Seed Alliance” entered into a partnership agreement. The document was signed by Soyuzstarch President Oleg Radin and NSA Director Vitaly Shirokov.
“In recent years, the state has been promoting the development of breeding, but Russia still does not have its own waxy corn seeds. For deep processing of grains, in particular, for the production of food modifications of starch, special varieties with a high content of amylopectin are needed. Our industry has been talking about this problem for a long time, since currently the import of food modified starch is more than 50%. Therefore, concluding an agreement with the National Seed Alliance is the most important step for us,” noted Oleg Radin.
The agreement involves cooperation between the parties in various areas of activity. Firstly, we are talking about organizing joint events, participation in specialized exhibitions and congresses. Secondly, the parties will exchange information, conduct research, create commissions and expert advisory groups to resolve emerging issues. The parties also undertake to invite each other to events of mutual interest.
“This agreement is the result of a common interest in further cooperation between the members of our associations. First of all, this will allow you to work in a single information field and provide the opportunity to quickly interact, including for business development. The result of cooperation will be the achievement of the goals of the Food Security Doctrine and the state agricultural development program in terms of the development of domestic selection and seed production, as well as import substitution. We hope that we will soon see positive results from this agreement,” emphasized Vitaly Shirokov.
“When developing the agreement, we emphasized the involvement of associations through communication in various forms: working groups, conferences, seminars, round tables to solve joint problems. In my opinion, coordination of joint efforts to develop breeding and seed production, in particular for deep grain processing enterprises, is extremely necessary,” commented Oleg Radin.