Strategic Action Plan of the Ukrainian National Technology Platform “Agro-Food” 

CLUSTER 1: Food Technologies and Food Industry

The activity of the cluster 1 will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Development of range of food products with predefined characteristics and nutrition value for different age groups.
2. Adaptation of different regions’ food raw materials for use in food production.
3. Development of food production technological schemes based on modern understanding of food processing technologies.
4. Development and introduction of new energy saving technologies aimed at increasing energy efficiency of food industry.
5. Development and industry testing of instrumentation for measuring food products characteristics influencing their nutritional value.
6. Development of normative documentation regulating production of food products.
7. Food products quality and safety assessment.

CLUSTER 2: Agro-Food Biotechnologies

The activity of the cluster 2a will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Development and introduction of microbial preparations for organic farming in order to decrease use of mineral fertilizers and pesticides, to increase soils fertility and crop capacity.
2. Ecosystem monitoring of agricultural plants diseases (bacterial, viral, fungus): diagnostics and prophylaxis.
3. Bioindication and biotesting in modern agriculture: development of soils contamination bioindication tests.
4. Development of biotechnologies for production of safe and efficient animal husbandry and veterinary medicine preparations.
5. Development of the micro-clone reproduction biotechnology and sanitation of field crops and decorative plants using biological supramolecular preparations.
6. Use of microbial biotechnologies in different industries for production of high quality products (food ferments, biologically active substances, microbial synthesis of exopolysaccharides, ferments, proteins etc.).
7. Use of microbial biotechnologies for soils bio-remediation, residential and industrial sewage treatment, utilization of wide range of waste.
8. Development of normative regulations for biological preparations, products and probiotics production.
9. Biological preparations, products and probiotics quality and safety assessment.

The activity of the cluster 2b will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Food products quality and safety, territories protection from causative agents of special danger infections invasion.
2. Analysis of causes and conditions of animal diseases appearance and spreading; participation in localization and elimination of outbreaks of epidemic diseases common for animals and humans.
3. Monitoring of special danger animal diseases spread and identification of their causative agents biological characteristic.
4. Human and animal life and health protection from the risks related to animal diseases including zoonoses.
5. Assessment of veterinary preparations, feed additives, premixes and instant feeds use and impact on animal health.
6. Development of regulations on veterinary preparations, feed additives, premixes and instant feeds, animal care preparations in accordance with international requirements.
7. Development of standards and technical regulations determining minimal food products quality specifications.
8. Exercising state quality control, standardization, expert examination, examination and certification of veterinary immune-biological preparations for veterinary medicine.
9. Scientific research on development of normative regulations regarding veterinary immunebiological preparations approbation and standardization.
10. Scientific research on development of new and improvement of existing preparations for veterinary medicine and methods of control over them, as well as development of veterinary medicine normative and technological regulations.
11. Exercising state control over adherence to standards requirements, pharmacopeia articles, technical requirements, technological regulations, veterinary sanitation rules, regulations regarding use of veterinary preparations as well as to other documents regulating processes of development, approbation, introduction, production, storing, transportation, selling and use of abovementioned preparations at industrial enterprises, in organizations of different type.
12. Veterinary preparations certification and attestation of animal protection means production factories and veterinary immune-biological preparations control laboratories.
13. Veterinary preparation testing in order to study their efficiency and safety.
14. Depositing and life maintenance of microorganisms (viruses, fungi and other biological materials) used for animal protection preparations production and for control of their quality.
15. Ensuring bio-safety in laboratories working with microorganisms strains.
16. Preservation, maintenance of productive, referential, control and unique viruses, bacteria, fungi strains for the purpose of their use in veterinary medicine.
17. Creating passports for biological materials using modern scientific methods.
18. Development of microorganisms collections.
19. Preservation of microbial variety.
20. Control over GMO.
21. Biosafety and bioethics.

CLUSTER 3: Agroecology

The activity of the cluster 3 will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Regional climate change and its impact on development of rural territories and agriculture.
2. Adaptation to climate change and introduction of best agricultural practices.
3. Identification of soils erosion degradation indicators according to satellite photography data.
4. Identification of chemical and biological criteria of soils contamination, classification and development of resource and energy efficient soils restoration technologies.
5. Development of agro-ecosystems regional models of carbon soil depositing.
6. Identification of soils degradation and contamination impact at agricultural products quality.
7. Management of natural areas in agro-ecosystems for the purpose of biological variety preservation.
8. Development of bioenergy agro-ecosystems regional models based on the grounds of closed biogenic cycles and biomass to energy transformation.
9. Improvement of silvo-rural landscapes structure in the process of climate change adaptation.
10. Development of technologies of intensification of biological nitrogen, phosphorus mobilization, protection of plants against pests and diseases.
11. Development of seeds testing method for identification of pests and diseases causative agents with the purpose of improving plants health and preserving biological variety.
12. Assessment of GMO-related risks in natural and agricultural ecosystems.
13. After-market monitoring of GMO – identification of risks.
14. Development and testing of regional organic production models.
15. Space satellite data within the system of agro-landscapes, land management systems and agricultural technologies monitoring.
16. Monitoring of agricultural crops water provision level according to satellite images data.
17. Ecological state of water and marshes and nature conservation areas according to satellite images
    data.
18. Regional resource end energy efficient zonal models of agro-eco-socio systems on the grounds of areas nature and resource potential restoration.
19. Soils quality significance in food chain.
20. Development of criteria and indicators of agricultural products (incl. feeds) life-cycle, production, processing and consumption ecological assessment.
21. Bioenergy crops cultivation technologies.
22. Monitoring of reclaimed land (irrigation, drainage), resource and energy saving technology use.

CLUSTER 4: Food Safety and Food Quality

The activity of the cluster 4 will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Low level of population’s awareness in the field of nutrition, low culture of food consumption.
2. High prevalence of alimentary diseases among population.
3. Imperfect legislation in the field of food products safety.
4. Outdated methods of food products safety and quality control.

CLUSTER 5: Plant Health

The activity of the cluster 5 will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Development and implementation of highly efficient environmentally friendly technologies of cereals and other crops nutrition and protection.
2. Development of methods for detecting the inorganic ions and pesticides residues content in cereals and other crops.
3. Biofortification of wheat. Development of modern varieties of cereals cultivation technologies with the purpose to prevent minerals deficiency (including Fe, Zn, Cu, Ca, Mg, Se, Mn, Mo, etc.) in wheat.
4. Research of variety and cultivation technologies peculiarities influence on wheat’s nutritional value dependency from contents of few substances such as proteins, gluten and nutrient elements (in particular Fe, Zn, Cu, Ca, Mg, Se, Mn, Mo etc.).
5. New varieties and plant hybrids examination for resistance to diseases and pests in order to identify highly resistant varieties and recommendations development for their enter to the State Register of plant varieties suitable for dissemination in Ukraine and production implementation with the purpose of organic products cultivation with minimal chemical content.

CLUSTER 6: Animal Health

Cluster 6 prioritizes development of international innovative projects for development of modern stable agricultural sector systems increasing productivity of animal husbandry productivity, creating preconditions for food safety and improving their exploitation methods for the sake of economic development of Ukraine and its partner-countries.

Main directions of cluster’s activity:

1. Animals health and welfare.
2. Ensuring food products quality and safety for consumers.
3. Bottom up and up down tracing of biological and chemical risks in the food chain of animal husbandry production.
4. Sustainable animal husbandry and proper production practices.
5. Assessment of microbiological risks associated with known and new opportunistic microorganisms in the livestock production cycle in connection with climate change and environmental problems.
6. Harmonization of national food and ecology legislation with the modern international requirements in the field of veterinary control over animal husbandry products quality and safety.
7. Strengthening of scientific and technological base of food sector in the fields of sanitation, hygiene and food products quality and safety systems.
8. System management of food products quality and safety.
9. Development of agricultural products labelling identification systems.
10. Defining safety and environment friendliness criteria in agriculture and food sector.
11. Improvement of education system in the field of veterinary control over food products quality and safety.
12. Other directions that might arise depending on future research priorities in Ukraine and EU countries.

CLUSTER 7: Human Health

The activity of the cluster 7 will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Study of the most important factor causing nutrition allergies: irregular and unbalanced nutrition; consumption of products with high content of food additives, colouring agents, flavours, preservatives; low quality of drinking water particularly from municipal water supply systems. Study of nutrition under conditions of stress and emotional exhaustion on the example of student youth as factors creating preconditions for immunodeficiency states causing activization of pathogenic microbial flora and increase in the number of patients with nutrition allergies. Expected results: complex analysis of student youth’s nutrition habits will allow to identify immunocompromised persons who comprise the risk group as regards nutrition allergies. This will allow to undertake some prophylaxis measures among this group including measures to prevent diseases caused by nutrition irregularities and gastrointestinal diseases and to correct this group’s lifestyle, activities, regime and quality of nutrition. If necessary, these young peoplewill receive necessary medical treatment. The administrations of high education organizations will be advised to establish special public catering facilities for student youth.
2. Detection of development markers related to alimentary diseases: diabetes, autoimmune thyroiditis, depression. Expected results: sensitivity and specificity of suggested markers assessment and epidemiologic research for study of alimentary diseases risks among different age groups.
3. Study of factor negatively influencing student youth’s living conditions such as: accommodation, rest and study conditions, chronic infections and somatic diseases, low strenuous activity, psychological discomfort, smoking, excessive alcohol and drugs consumption, nutrition regime and quality; study of hereditary factors, study of allergic diseases risks among young people. Expected results: complex multi-factor analysis of youth’s health state in particular of immune system, will allow to identify immunocompromised persons who would constitute chronic, autoimmune, immunity proliferative diseases risk-group and to register such persons in prophylactic centers.
4. There is a need to have early clinical and laboratory diagnostics of immunodeficiencies against the background of replicative activity of Epstein-Barr virus in particular in case of atypical or latent clinical course of this infection. It is known that Epstein-Barr virus belongs to immunotropic viruses that can damage not only immune cells but also important organs or systems cells. Expected results: timely diagnostics of replicative form of the infection among pregnant women would prevent pregnancy and birth pathologies, among infants and children it would prevent damage of internals (liver, kidneys, pancreas, gastrointestinal channel), endocrine glands, central and peripheral nervous system, progression of immunodeficiencies, serious post-vaccination accidents, that in its turn will allow to prescribe ethiotropic and pathogenetic treatments for prevention of heavy pathology progression against the background of replicative activity of this infection.
5. Identification of rare diseases progression risk (Churg–Strauss syndrome) among patients with allergic and autoimmune diseases. Study of immunological indicators as well as of IL-5 genes and receptors polymorphism as possible triggers for the Churg–Strauss syndrome among patients with bronchial asthma and systemic vasculitis with eosinophilia. Expected results: timely diagnostic of a rare disease – the Churg-Strauss syndrome – among patients with bronchial asthma and systemic vasculitis with eosinophilia will help to prevent formation of actually Churg-Strauss syndrome and its complications that become more frequent both in Ukraine and in the whole world.
6. Development of non-invasive specific allergy diagnostics method due to detection of causesignificant concentration of specific IgE in saliva using solid phase immune-ferment analysis for patients at any stage of allergic process. Expected result: elaboration of nutrition recommendations for patients with food allergy; decrease of food allergies prevalence due to natural allergen exclusion from the diet.
7. Study on gut microflora impact on alimentary diseases progression. Expected result: deepening of knowledge on the mechanisms of obesity, emotional unstable states, depression.
8. Study of vitamin D role in progression of celiac disease, depressive states, pregnancy complications. Expected result: deepening of knowledge on the role of vitamin D in progression of pathologic states and elaboration of nutritional recommendations.
9. Study of vitamin D role in progression of male and female infertility. Expected result: deepening of knowledge about the role on vitamin D in progression of male and female infertility; elaboration of nutritional recommendations.
10. Development of map of diseases related to peculiarities of nutrition in different regions and in different age groups of Ukraine (obesity, diabetes type 2, cardiovascular diseases, allergic states, iodine deficiency states, vitamins and microelements deficiency states). Expected result: Multifactor analysis of nutrition patterns influence on spread of diet-related diseases will allow to obtain reliable epidemiological data for the development of prophylaxis programmes at both the national and regional level.

CLUSTER 8: Innovation and Nanotechnologies: In Agriculture, Food Sector and Medicine

The activity of the cluster 8a (M. Spivak) will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. The search for modern reliable and not very expensive methods of plant protection from various infectious agents has in recent years resulted in deeper understanding of necessity to constantly support an organism’s non-specific resistance on the physiological level. This significantly reduces expenses at development and use of specific immune protection methods such as vaccines and serums, decreases the risk of antibiotics resistance development, reduces their side effects, allows to use organism support non-specific methods almost for all strata of population with much lesser expenses on labour and money.
2. One of the world-wide problems of infectious diseases treatment today is not only the rapid spread of “old” infection, emergence of new pathogens mostly of viral nature, but also an unpredictable emergence of aggressive forms of opportunistic commensal organisms. These phenomena in their turn are caused by general loss of organism’s protective forces strengths, spread of immune unbalance states (loss of strength or overexcitement), which are caused by environmental changes, wide use of various chemical preparations, including novel antibiotics and consequent resistance towards them, organism’s normal flora malfunction and similar phenomena. Changes in immunity states are, in their turn, responsible for disposition towards opportunistic infections and oncological diseases (in case of weakened immune system) or towards chronic inflammatory states, autoimmune diseases, oncological diseases, allergic states etc. (in case of overexcited immune system). This created a complicated set of problems related to necessity of finding some novel methods for organism immune status balancing on the level of receptor-ligand interaction during infectious diseases. That is why it is extremely important to develop novel biotechnological preparations – immunobiotics – based on previously selected and characterized strains of lactobacteria and bifidus bacteria with high level capability to induce different nature cytokines and to balance organism’s immune responses during various forms of infectious diseases – bacterial, viral, fungus.
3. It is know that genital herpes virus belongs to viruses able to damage not only immune-competent cells but also main organs and systems cells. Early clinical and laboratory immunological diagnostics of immunodeficient states against the background of the viral infections is needed, especially in case of atypical or latent clinical course of the infection. That is why timely diagnostics of this infection among pregnant women is an extremely important task for perinatal medicine – since this would help to prevent pathologies of pregnancy and birth – and for paediatrics because this would prevent injuries to internals such as liver, kidneys, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, endocrine glands, central and peripheral nervous system as well emergence of immunodeficient states and serious post-vaccination complications. These factors taken together give possibility to use etiotropic and pathogenetic treatment successfully in order to prevent serious pathologies against background of virus infection replicative activity among children and teenagers.
4. Research of biological properties of nano-dispersed cerium is one of the priority directions of our studies since such nanos-systems are characterized by specific regulatory properties on the level of living objects and are able to delicately react to changes in cell microenvironment. They demonstrate anti-oxidant and radiation protection properties and, supposedly, antitumour properties. Our research proved that cytotoxicity of nano-particles diminishes in the row “rodent – primates” and that cerium sol activity depends on nano-particles’ size as well as on their super oxiddisemutase properties. We have conducted novel experiments on detection of cerium nano-particles sol activity in cell-cultures. We plan to develop principally new foundations for development of new medicines based on cerium dioxide nano-particles and its compositions with biologically active high-molecular substances, which would be efficient and affordable. Their introduction would improve efficiency of infectious disease prophylaxis and therapy.
5. It is know that enrichment of poultry diet with antioxidants (vitamins C and B, selenium) improves reproductive properties of poultry. Use of nano-crystal cerium dioxide is much more efficient than use of traditional antioxidants – vitamins C, E or melatonin.
6. Industrial aviculture and its peculiarities such as malnutrition, microbial loading, abiotic factors, intensive keeping etc. cause formation of excessive free radicals of oxygen in poultry’s organisms. These radicals damage biologically important molecules (proteins, lipids, DNA) and thus negatively influence reproduction, development and especially immune system of poultry. Imbalance of quails and chickens rations regarding contents of natural antioxidants (vitamins C, E, selenium) activates ferments, in particular kaspazes, responsible for mechanism of programmed cell death in most important – germinal – organs. It is supposed that introduction of such a powerful antioxidant as nano-crystal cerium dioxide to quails and chickens ration with water would allow to increase adaptation capability of the poultry to oxidation stress and to significantly increase its reproductivity.
7. The research on biological properties of gold nano-particles as biosafe and biocompatible nanoconstructions for address delivery of cardiotropic preparations (in particular “Simdax”) is very promising. For this purpose, we developed and implemented original protocols of different size gold nano-particles colloid-chemical synthesis. Using chemical condensation method sphericalgold-nanoparticles of 10, 20, 30 and 45 nm size were synthesized. It was found out that 30 nm gold nano-particles proved to be most biosafe and biocompatible according to all markers, determined during in vitro and in vivo experiments. 30 nm gold nano-particels are not immunetoxic and in case of intravenous introduction to intact rats specifically accumulate in arterioles endotheliocytes and myocardium capillaries that actually suggest their future application as a vector for address delivery of cardiotropic preparations. We have established peculiarities of gold nano-particles conjugation with model proteins. Aggregate stability of gold-nanoparticles in model blood system was also researched. On the basis of cardiotropic preparation “Simdax” and gold nano-particles a new preparation was developed – “Simdax-NZ” which was able to penetrate through membranes and to accumulate within cells; it was biosafe in terms of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity. The bank of newborn babies with congenital heart disease blood serums was created for hypoxemia detection.

The activity of the cluster 8b (L. Kisterska) will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Introduction of new methods of food products and veterinary complexes treatment with ecologically safe new generation nano-disinfectants and use of innovation methods for control of food products safety and quality at all levels of the food chain.
2. Prevention of human diseases of alimentary genesis and improvement of people’s immunity by introduction of nanotechnological modificators and oligodymanic metals to the food chain.
3. Improvement of legislative base in the field of food safety and in particular regarding nanomaterials safe use in line with EU norms.
4. Improving culture of fertilizers application, processing, packaging and consumption of food products.
5. Development of theoretical foundations of design and production methods of artificial protective coatings (artificial nano-cuticle; NanoARTICLE; NanoARTIficial_cutiCLE) based on natural biopolymers (chitosan, dextran etc.), high-molecular substances (polyethylene glycol, PVS) and bioactive photocatalytic nanoparticles of metals and their oxides (TiO2, Fe2O3, Zn, Zr, Al, Cu compounds) along with bio- and immunostimulators of natural origin for protection of incubatory chicken eggs and for improvement of chicken embryos metabolism.
6. Study of chemical composition of source substances’ (mostly glycoproteins) influence on calcite (CaCO3) composites crystal structure with the purpose to obtain “artificial cuticle” type coatings with regulated indicators of gas permeability and biologically active substances release velocity facilitating development of an embryo during incubation.
7. Use of photocatalytic destruction in presence of ultra- and nano-dispersed particles of titan oxide, iron and other metals and their oxides for production of construction materials with biocide properties.

The activity of the cluster 8c (L. Sukhodub) will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Development and introduction to “green” agriculture of novel methods of agricultural animals and poultry waste treatment using ecologically safe dual action nano-disinfectants, designed on the grounds of combination of high biocide properties of these preparations, stipulated by their ability to oxidize environment contaminants organic substances and pathogenic microorganisms efficiently with subsequent use of disinfected waste as fertilizer.
2. Introduction of new methods of creating ecologically safe protective coatings – “artificial cuticle” – on the surface of food and incubator eggs’ bioceramic protective layers.
3. Development and introduction of methods of mineral substances managed content increase in food and incubator eggs using sonic phoresis technologies.
4. Protective effect of manganese as a basis for the development of animals and poultry protection methods against peroxidates and metal oxides nano-particles.
5. Comparative research of direction and nature of Ukraine’s environmental contamination’s, phytopathogenes and pest presence’s influence on qualitative and quantitative characteristics of local, European and American potato varieties’ secondary metabolites (glycoalkaloids) toxicity with the purpose to improve consumer properties of agricultural production.
6. Development of novel methods of express-diagnostics of plants secondary metabolites using modern mass-spectrometry instruments and introduction of these methods to agriculture and food processing industries with the purpose to produce high quality ecologically safe food products and feeds as well as for reliable and scientifically substantiated forecasting of new plants varieties and hybrids resistance level against diseases and pests in model in vitro systems.
7. Express-diagnostics methods of agricultural animals and poultry oncological diseases on the basis of soft-ionization mass-spectrometry.
8. Mass-spectrometry analysis of chemical nature of pesticides, bio-additives and pharmacological preparations active substances for veterinary and human medicine.

Cluster 9: ICT

The activity of the cluster 9 will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Analysis of management and productive cooperation need from SMEs point of view. Most concepts and instruments for management support are developed to suite needs of big enterprises or transnational corporations with strategic distribution and clear leading groups definition and division. There is an absence of transformation strategies which would make these concepts and instruments more suitable for use in their managerial practice of SMEs, including those related with good management practices. Studies on food chain management will help to develop and test suitable concepts and instruments that would help SMEs to cooperate with other SMEs and with big enterprises. In this regard, modern ICT technologies could serve as a platform for exchange of information and management decisions regarding joint coordinated activity.
2. Assistance to innovation support networks. Knowledge networks in Ukraine are in their early stages of development. Study on food chain management will determine, analyze and assess various network concepts and will prepare suggestions regarding most efficient organizational
   and technical solutions.
3. Establishment of information management systems for better cooperation, control and risk management at enterprises, in chains, networks, and sectors. IT-companies may be invited in this activity however scientists can suggest concepts, structure of such systems as well as standards and formats of data transmission.
4. Development of institutional infrastructure for SMEs management support. There are many associations and organizations in the agriculture sector, which operate at the national and regional level in Ukraine. That is why it would be interesting to combine modern management and coordination technologies with the use of new ICT-technologies. Development of organizationalinfrastructures will be based on identification, analysis and assessment of the best experience.

Cluster 10: Markets

The activity of the cluster 10 will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Research and analysis on the necessity to create agricultural products wholesale market (see Annex 1. Detailed problem description).
2. Creation of more favourable conditions for SMEs through adaptation of national legislation to European standards.
3. Consolidation of partner countries own resources (Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic) through trans-border cooperation within the framework of “Agro-Industrial Park “Bereg-Karpaty” project implementation:
   • Trans-border cooperation of producers, processors and sellers of agricultural products.
   • Joint development of modern infrastructure for a wholesale market of agricultural products.
   • Creation of an efficient marketing network.
4. Establishment of consultation and training center for target groups (producers, processor and sellers of agricultural products).
5. Establishment of agricultural products quality control system in line with European standards.

Annex 1. Detailed Description of the Problems of the Cluster 10.

CLUSTER 11. Socio-economic

The activity of the cluster 11 will be aimed at solution of the following main problems:

1. Sociological monitoring of education, research and business organizations innovative opportunities in agriculture.
2. Theoretical substantiation of optimal direction of science and technical potential of Ukraine’s agrarian science use that corresponds to conditions of the knowledge based society.
3. Forecasting middle and long-term science and technology and innovation trends of national, European and world agrarian markets.
4. Study on the problems of commercialization of agrarian science research results under condition of transition to knowledge-based economy.
5. Development of organizational and methodic support to defining and implementing of science and technology and innovative priorities in agriculture and food sector.
6. Research on consumers’ behavior and key factors facilitating its change towards more healthy nutrition.
7. Development and testing of new means of efficient interaction and healthy nutrition target information transfer to different social strata with different needs such as different ethnic groups, women, children, old-age people, who are subjects to highest risk.
8. Forecasting and planning nutrition culture in Ukraine, Europe and world agrarian market.
9. Analysis of different food products prices role and their impact on different strata (e.g., lowincome consumers).
10. Improvement of social, economic, organization and information mechanisms of formation and efficient use of science and technology potential of Ukraine, their interaction of science potentials of foreign countries, integration of domestic agrarian science to global and European science
    system.
11. Study of social aspects of transnational networks, communications and organizations activity in manufacturing and retail system; creation of infrastructure support to comprehensive solution of problems in science, agriculture and food sector and in business environment.

CLUSTER 12: Coordination and International Management

Main tasks of the coordinating cluster:

1. Strategic informing of Ukrainian scientists and other interested parts about opened calls for proposals, exchange and grant programs, in particular those funded by the EU.
2. Providing consultations in the process of preparation of international and interregional scientific projects.
3. Facilitating establishing contacts between Ukrainian scholars and businespersons and foreign partner organizations in particular from the adjacent border regions (the priority direction of cooperation – knowledge-based bioeconomics).
4. Organizing and holding trainings, conferences and brokerage events.
5. Activities aimed at successful operation of the Ukrainian technology platform (“Agro-Food”) “Food for Life” and its official representation in the EU.