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On March 27 2024 the Ukrainian Institute for Plant Variety Examination was pleased in welcoming the delegates of JICA under Japanese Grant Assistance “The Programme for Emergency Recovery” by support of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

The meeting was carried out with participation of Mr. Hitoshi Fujiie (Deputy Director General, Economic Development Department, JICA HQ), Mr. Yoji Matsui (Director, Economic Development Department, JICA HQ), Mr. Ihor Vishtak (Head of the Department for Agrarian Development of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine), Ms. Yana Burduk (Chief expert of the Department for International Cooperation, of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine), Mr. Serhii Melnyk (Director of the Ukrainian Institute for Plant Variety Examination), Ms. Larysa Prysiazhniuk (Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Ukrainian Institute for Plant Variety Examination) and experts of technical plant variety examination and laboratory analysis of the Ukrainian Institute for Plant Variety Examination.

Within the work meeting the Director of the Ukrainian Institute for Plant Variety Examination Mr. Serhii Melnyk got acquainted the delegates of JICA the features of Institute activity, highlighted the obligation and importance of technical examination of new plant varieties for plant breeders' rights protection. The important questions of expected outcomes of the project fulfilment were discussed and the possibility of future cooperation was outlined.