Employees of economics and biotechnology departments during a meeting with the governor of the Brest region A.V. Lis told him about the work within the innovation-industrial cluster in the field of biotechnology and green economy, the main directions of cooperation with farmers and representatives of agricultural enterprises, as well as immediate prospects for the cluster .
On March 15, 2019, a meeting of the initiative group - participants of the innovation and industrial cluster took place in the laboratory of introduction and technology of unconventional berry plants. Employees of the economic and biotechnological faculties of Polessky State University, head of the laboratory Nikolay Pavlovsky and head of the farm "Sinyaya Ptica" Nikolay Ruban discussed areas for further cooperation within the cluster.
Cluster members took part in a scientific-practical seminar "New biotech drugs - the key to higher yields in the crop industry", organized by the regional consulting and educational center. The seminar was also attended by employees of the biotechnology and economic faculties of Polesye State University.
Employees of the Polessky State University (V.S. Filipenko and S.V. Tynovets) and the cluster participants (N.N. Ruban, V.V. Mukha) visited the experimental base of the Institute for Nature Management, the construction of a plant for the production of organo-mineral fertilizers (including organic technology) with a long period of action and the optimal ratio of nutrients.
On December 26, 2018, a cross-border competition organized within the European Union’s international technical assistance project “Formation of the business environment for the production of organic berries in the cross-border areas of Ukraine and Belarus” ended. Three cluster members submitted their business ideas to the competition and won prizes.
