International Field Day – 2017
5.9.2017
On August 30, 2017 the Institute of Bast Crops of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences hosted the “International Field Day – 2017”.
The event was attended by teachers of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Department of Biology under the supervision of the head of the Department, Professor Serhii Masliyov.
About 120 people attended the event: President of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine Yaroslav M. Gadzalo, Head of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Vadim O. Udovitsky, Chairman of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Organization of the Agrarian Workers’ Union Halyna M. Smyrna Galina, representatives of the regional departments for agro-industrial development, specialists of agro holdings, seed farms and other institutions.
During the event, participants visited demonstration and technology sites where hybrids of maize breeding, foreign selection, varieties and hybrids of sorghum, as well as innovative technological developments of the Institute were presented. Scientists and representatives of enterprises took an active part in the discussion of various issues on breeding, seed production, creation of source material, technologies of cultivation, collection, processing and storage of maize seeds.
Information materials, recommendations, booklets, price lists with proposals for the purchase of seed material of agricultural crops for the harvest of 2018 were handed to the participants.
Also, the guests got acquainted with the samples of the Institute’s breeding equipment: the HALDRUP SP-35 mounted precision seeder and the HALDRUP CTA-95 rotary harvester from Germany. In addition, they saw a demonstration of modern samples of agricultural machinery.
According to the Faculty of Natural Sciences