Cooperation for innovation: bringing together agricultural science and IT

Modern agricultural science increasingly needs digital solutions, computer modelling and new technological approaches. It is at the intersection of these fields that interesting ideas and prospects for joint research are born.

The Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute hosted a delegation from the Faculty of Computer and Information Technologies of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP): Yevheniia Znakovska, Head of the Department of Computational Mathematics and Computer Modelling, and third-year student Kyrylo Shevel. The Institute was represented by Deputy Director Andrii Donets and Senior Researchers of the Department of Phytopathology and Entomology Nadiia Sauliak and Oleksandr Ochkala.

They discussed opportunities for interdisciplinary cooperation at the intersection of plant breeding, phytopathology and computer modelling, exchanged ideas and agreed on the next steps of joint work. An important part of the visit was a tour of the experimental breeding fields, where the guests saw the research base, learned about field experiments and better understood where modern IT solutions can be applied in practice.

Such meetings help combine experience from different fields, find common interests and turn scientific ideas into practical solutions. New results, interesting projects and productive cooperation lie ahead!