The results of the All-Russian competition for the best scientific work among students, postgraduates and young scientists of agricultural educational and scientific organizations of Russia, organized by the Association «Agroeducation» in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, have been summed up.

The competition is held in order to attract a wider range of talented young people to scientific research in the field of agricultural sciences, to activate the work of student scientific societies. This year, the competition was held in 15 nominations for students, seven nominations for graduate students and young scientists. The final stages in all nominations were held in a mixed or remote format.

At our university, 5 students and 4 graduate students of SSAU became winners and prize-winners at the All-Russian level.:

1st place — Igor Kalanchuk in the nomination «Electrical technologies, electrical equipment and energy supply of the agroindustrial complex», competitive work on the topic «Development of a manual electrified pruner based on a linear electric motor for industrial gardening», scientific supervisor — Sergey Antonov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor;

1st place — Andrey Kotlyar in the nomination «Hospitality, service and provision of services in rural areas», competitive work on the topic «Managing the development of a wine tourism destination», scientific supervisor — Irina Pavlenko, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor;

2nd place — Nikolay Eskin in the nomination «Hospitality, service and provision of services in rural areas», competitive work on the topic «Formation of the digital ecosystem of Rural hospitality», scientific supervisor — Irina Pavlenko, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor; 

2nd place — Polina Soboleva in the nomination «Agroengineering», competitive work on the topic «Controlling the behavior of locusts using light and sound effects», scientific supervisor — Alexander Lysakov, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical Equipment and Energy Supply of the Agroindustrial Complex;

2nd place — Alexandra Stetsenko in the Horticulture nomination, competitive work on the topic «Development of a substrate based on organic components for growing vegetable crops in protected soil (CubeLife substrate)», scientific supervisor — Maria Selivanova, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor;

2nd place — Tatiana Bondarenko in the nomination «Environmental management and water use», competitive work on the topic «Application of biotesting methods for assessing the ecological state of urbanized territories», scientific supervisor — Elena Stepanenko, PhD, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Ecology and Landscape Engineering;

2nd place — Nina Zargaryan in the Economics nomination for graduate students and young scientists, competitive work on the topic «Accounting and control support of university project activities», scientific supervisor — Alexey Bobryshev, Doctor of Economics, Professor;

3rd place — Valeria Stepanenko in the Veterinary Medicine nomination for graduate students and young scientists, competitive work on the topic «Studying the effect of a hepatoprotective agent from an alternative protein source on the morphofunctional parameters of the liver in fatty hepatosis», scientific supervisor — Valentina Shpygova, Doctor of Biology, Associate Professor, Professor;

3rd place — Olga Zvereva in the nomination «Agronomy» for graduate students and young scientists, competitive work on the topic «The effect of different doses of vermicompost obtained by two production methods on soil fertility and potato yield», scientific supervisor — Alexander Yesaulko, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Winners and prize—winners who took 1-3 places will receive diplomas from the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, cash prizes and the right to publish an article in a collection of scientific papers, laureates from 4-10 places and diploma holders from 11-30 places will receive diplomas from the Association of Agricultural Education.