The First All-Russian Congress of the Youth Community «Challenge» took place in St. Petersburg, which brought together more than 300 scientists from 30 regions of Russia.

The main goal of the Challenge community is to popularize the achievements of science, innovation, agriculture and young scientists in the media. Stavropol State University was represented at the congress by a delegation of outstanding students who have established themselves as involved researchers. Young scientists attended master classes from popular media personalities and the presentation of the first magazine «Challenge», took part in the creation of a community, participated in an intermodal session.

— Stavropol Agrarian University is a university with which many projects have already been built, and we have great ambitions and plans. We are jointly developing in the agricultural sector, growing new geneticists and breeders, working on innovative development programs and together we will move towards ensuring that our agricultural sector will ensure the country's food security, work not only for the domestic market, but also for import substitution,» said the president of the Challenge Youth Community, First Deputy Director General of the Development Institute «Innopraktika» Natalia Popova.