Following the initiative of the Chairman of the Board of ‘National Agrarian Science and Educational Center” JSC Toleutai Rakhimbekov, the scientists of the Qazaq Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing continue to conduct a series of online seminars on live in the format of a dialogue with scientists and relevant business structures. QazRIFVG is a subsidiary of “NASEC” JSC and is a leading scientific institution in Kazakhstan that solves problems in the field of gardening.

On April 30, 2020, the fourth online seminar on the topic “Highly productive varieties of berry crops and grapes” was held live on the official pages of QazRIFVG on facebook and instagram.

Speakers were Kazybayeva Saule Zhambulovna - candidate of agricultural sciences, corresponding member of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, head of the department “Fruit, berry, nut and fruit crops and grapes”. The moderator was Akhmetzhanov Talgat Uashevich - entrepreneur, deputy director of “Crimson Field” LLP, member of the Association of fruit and berry crops producers in the Almaty region.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horticulture is one of the most intensive and profitable sectors of agricultural production. In the conditions of a modern market economy, new requirements are imposed on productivity and product quality. Modern producers pay great attention to varieties of the intensive type - highly productive and early, able to provide a guaranteed harvest of high quality berries.

It is worth noting that the online seminar on this topic aroused great interest among farmers and amateurs of Kazakhstan, who actively participated in the discussion of the topic of highly productive varieties of berry crops and grapes, as well as asked scientists of QazRIFVG interesting questions.

During the seminar, topical issues of promising varieties of berry crops and grapes of domestic, as well as foreign breeding were discussed. A lot of questions were about the technology of growing berry crops, in particular raspberries and strawberries. All followers were interested in questions on the implementation of spring field work, despite restrictions on leaving, due to quarantine in the republic for their summer cottages, but despite the temporary difficulties, everyone wanted to do all the agrotechnical work to take care of their plants during. Many people had questions about the quality of planting material, biological and chemical preparations, as well as fertilizers, preventive work on diseases, pests of berry crops, beginning farmers were interested in obtaining nursery status, here can be emphasized that the Institute is in demand in consultation for agricultural producers, also lovers of summer residents of Kazakhstan. The berry market, and especially the market of fresh strawberries, is experiencing rapid growth in almost all countries. The stimulus for the annual expansion of world strawberry plantations is the growing consumer demand for fresh berries, which was discussed today during online seminar.

Let us remind you, that everyone who is interested in agricultural business have the opportunity to ask their questions to scientists of QazRIFVG, who go live and answer questions, and also give their recommendations every Tuesday and Thursday of the current year.