On June 26, 2021, a delegation of V.S. Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops (VNIIMK), led by the head of the department of commercialization of scientific research and development, visited the Tashkent State Agrarian University.

This year we remember a tragic and memorable date – 80 years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War began.

The tragedy touched every family and went through the heart of every citizen of the USSR. It also affected the staff of the Institute of Oil Crops.

As part of REC of the South of Russia, V.S. Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops presented its project: “Development of high-protein area of breeding and seed production of oil crops”. The purpose of the project is to ensure the food security of the Russian Federation and to reduce the dependence of domestic agriculture producers on foreign seeds of high-protein oil crops (high-protein sunflower, soybean), to develop the infrastructure for breeding and seed production activities of the end-to-end cycle from the development of new varieties and hybrids to their commercial use.

On June 17, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., on the leader id online platform, an interregional online conference “Technologies and innovations for sustainable development: REC experience” took place on the initiative of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.

Inna Belyaeva, the public representative of ASI in the Krasnodar region, was the organizer and moderator of the conference.