The whole world today wants to consume healthy and safe foods. The trend in the production of organic food is topical and is developing not only in the EU and the US, which are drivers in this direction, but also in Ukraine. Organic farming attracts domestic farmers the opportunity to earn,
Because in the end a product with added value is produced, while many want to responsibly approach their health and the environment. A person consuming organic products avoids the ingestion of 4 to 12 types of pesticides. As of the beginning of 2017, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food,
In Ukraine, the status of "organic" was 210 enterprises, which process 411 thousand hectares. Within the framework of such a country as Ukraine, this is not enough.
Most farmers prefer to grow grain for export, but the organic niche continues to grow. According to the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture in Switzerland,
A year the Ukrainian consumes organic products for 3 euros, and overall consumption in Ukraine is 18 million euros. If you look at the dynamics of the last 5-7 years, during this time the area of land under organic farming has grown in our country by 52%, the number of farms - in 1,5 times.
The export potential of the Ukrainian market is estimated at 50 million euros. At the same time, Ukraine lags far behind neighboring Europe not only in terms of consumption of organic products, but also in terms of its production technologies.
Often, farmers do not know about new products that improve their production processes,
Increase the yield of their crops and at the same time not lose the status of an organic enterprise
Many companies distrust all kinds of solutions that are offered by commercial organizations, fearing to damage the crop in their fields. It so happened that now in our country science is often separated from business.
Research institutes often feel underfunded, but nevertheless technological and successful projects of Ukrainian scientists are widely known abroad, and in terms of seed selection, and in the direction of developments on plant protection products.
Ukrainian scientists say,
That it is possible to increase the yield without compromising the environment and human health. Innovative mobile solutions and the latest developments in the agro-industrial complex for organic producers were presented by Vodafone Ukraine and the non-profit organization NDI Foundation on Tech Today Hub. "Today Ukraine is a country that mainly exports raw materials,
But we can turn it into a country of high agricultural technologies with organic farming, "Viktoria Ruban, head of public relations at Vodafone Ukraine, said during the discussion of projects of Ukrainian scientists.
Tech Today Hub is a platform for combining business with science. She has been working for two years,
And over 1,500 business representatives visited it during this time. In late July, within the framework of the platform, Ukrainian scientists presented the preparations and solutions for organic farming. Each of them is ill for their development, their preparations have been successfully tested not only on domestic fields, but also abroad. In the direction of express-
Plant Diagnostics, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Cybernetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Igor Galelyuka presented the Floratest system for the instant determination of the plant's condition. The system itself looks like a gadget, slightly larger than the size of a conventional SLR camera. "Within 10 seconds we can determine the condition of the plant and understand,
Are there any stressors that affect it. The curve with the data from the sensors has a different shape depending on the stress factors, "the scientist explained the principle of the system in the course of his presentation. Ivan Kurdysh from the Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Zabolotny told about the preparation of Azogran,
Which will help agrarians reduce the number of harmful microorganisms in the soil and get a bigger harvest. The product is based on two bacteria - Azotobacter vinilandi and Bacillus subtilis. The first is capable of accumulating nitrogen, which is one of the most important elements for plants. The second generates many substances, with amino acids,
Polysaccharides and even antibiotics, inclusive. "Azogran" has already proved its effectiveness. It improves the yield by an average of 18-37%. For example, if you add it to the soil, then roses grow better by 26-47%, barley - by 16-18%, winter wheat yields 20% more harvest, tomatoes - 37%.
Given the problems with the availability of nitrogen fertilizers in the current season, this product can come in handy not only to organic farmers. All scientific institutes offer their development at a fairly modest price, despite the existing demand abroad.
In the case of acquiring developments, the farmer receives a package of services to support the introduction of drugs and solutions. Today Tech Hub will help Ukraine to make a technological breakthrough, and not only in agriculture. "The plant often can not take microelements out of the soil due to the specificity of soils, it needs to be fed.
We had an idea to chel microelements with organic compounds for better assimilation of plants, "Oleg Stasik from the Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine told about his product. Its preparation has received the certificate "Organic Standard", because the product is harmless for microorganisms in soil and for plants,
Can provide the plant with 21 microelements, which increases the yield by 5-15%. In addition to yield, farmers have another problem - how long to preserve the freshness of vegetables and fruits. One of the reasons why they lose their appearance and quality is bacteria. Alla Kharina from the University. T.
Shevchenko suggests combating these bacteria with biotechnology based on bacteriophages. "This drug will be of interest to producers of crop production, greenhouse crops, vegetable stores and vertically integrated producers who try to control the whole process of the food chain on their own," -
She said during the presentation. Bacteriophages are viruses that destroy a specific strain of bacteria. At the same time, unlike chemical substances, they do not act on other types of bacteria, so they can be used in organic farming. Now many Ukrainian products are prohibited from entering the European market due to the fact,
Due to the high content of antibiotics, chemical plant protection products. "What our scientists show in the direction of NWR, monitoring of crops, is a breakthrough," says Olga Krupskaya, president of the NDI Foundation. In her opinion, Tech Today Hub as a platform where Ukrainian technologies and projects for practical implementation are presented,
Will help Ukraine to make a technological breakthrough, and not only in agriculture. The main thing in this is the interest of business to innovate