A meeting was held at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
according to the results of the implementation of the subprogram of the Federal scientific and technical program for the development of agriculture for 2017 - 2025, "Development of selection and seed production of potatoes in the Russian Federation" for the period 2018-2019. chaired by the Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Alexei Medvedev.
The discussion was attended by the Director of the Department of Coordination of Activities of Organizations in the Field of Agricultural Sciences of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Vugar Bagirov, Academic Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Lachuga, Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Policy and Education of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Nina Ivanova, Representative of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Scientific and educational policy Miron Shikalov, Chairman of the Union of Potato and Vegetable Market Participants Sergey th Lupehin Nikolaevich, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Ahsarbek Sabatkoev, as well as representatives of scientific organizations of the Russian Ministry and agricultural enterprises.
Opening the meeting, Alexey Medvedev noted that the direction of development of selection and seed production of potatoes was the first among the subprograms of the Federal scientific and technical program for the development of agriculture for 2017-2025. “The key idea of the program is to integrate the tools that individual authorities have and to ensure the systematic interaction of scientific and educational organizations of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, which conduct research and develop technologies for breeding and seed production of potatoes. One of the most important issues today is the task of practical application of existing developments ”- added Alexey Medvedev.
The preliminary results of the implementation of comprehensive research plans of the subprogram “Development of selection and seed production of potatoes” for the period 2018-2019 were presented by the coordinator of the Comprehensive research plan of the subprogram “Development of selection and seed production of potatoes in the Russian Federation”:
• 4 technologies developed and patented that are significant for increasing the efficiency of work on selection and seed production of potatoes;
• created 5 new varieties of potatoes;
• 8 laboratories for selection and seed production of potatoes were created;
• 3 basic departments were created (by scientific organizations based on educational organizations).
In her speech, the Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Policy and Education of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Nina Ivanova emphasized the importance of a comprehensive combination of research areas and the interests of the domestic real sector of the economy, moreover, to coordinate joint actions and methodological support adopted within the framework of the Federal Scientific and Technical programs, this year the Directorate of the Federal Program for the Development of Agriculture for 2017-2025 was created.
Summing up the results of the meeting, Vugar Bagirov noted that the goal of the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Agriculture for 2017-2025 is to reduce the country's import dependence on major agricultural crops and to create new competitive breeding varieties with characteristics in demand by industrial partners. These issues should form the basis of the work of organizations participating in the comprehensive plans of scientific research of the subprogram "Development of potato breeding and seed production."
Source: https://minobrnauki.gov.ru