THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF FOOD SECURITY OF THE STATE UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Ya.M. GADZALO
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5028-2048
National Academy of Agrarian Sciences
Nauka naukozn. 2023, 2(120): 23—35
https://doi.org/10.15407/sofs2023.02.023
Section: Science of Ukraine in the context of contemporary challenges and threats: problems and priorities of development (summaries and scientific reports of the international symposium)
Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: The article provides a review of the principal activities of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS) in the conditions of martial law. It is highlighted that the NAAS eff ort, apart from planned engagements of research and experimentation, is focused on finding solutions for food safety problems in the conditions of martial law. The research tasks aimed at the achievement of food safety and examples of work of NAAS scientists in various segments of the agrarian sector are shown. Detailed information on the NAAS assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Territorial Defense is provided. It is stressed that the hostilities on the Ukrainian territory have significantly complicated operation of research institutions and enterprises of the NAAS, with a good many research infrastructure of the NAAS damaged; almost the entire spectrum of Ukraine’s soils have been affected, but the fertile black soil constantly being at the epicenter of active hostilities, has suffered the most. Due to climate change, the breeding work of the NAAS researchers is aimed at creating new high-yielding varieties and hybrids of 259 crops that are adapted to the soil and climatic conditions of Ukraine. The State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine includes 2,522 varieties and hybrids developed by NAAS institutions. Recently, 98 new varieties and hybrids of major crops have been registered, with 127 submitted for state scientific and technical expertise. The gene pool of Ukrainian poultry could be preserved, with households from 20 regions of Ukraine provided with hatching eggs. Another priority area of the NAAS is cooperation with foreign partners, which is going on in the conditions of martial law.
Keywords: martial law, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, research institutions, food safety, agricultural products.
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