UIPVE was pleased in welcoming the delegates of JICA under Japanese Grant Assistance “The Programme for Emergency Recovery”
20/06/2024
Come backOn June 19, 2024 the Ukrainian Institute for Plant Variety Examination (UIPVE) 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. Takao Shimokava (Director General, Economic Development Department, JICA HQ), Mr. Hajime Yamazaki (Senior Deputy Director Agricultural and Rural Development Group 2, Economic Development Department, JICA HQ), Mr. Riomi Yamagishi (representer of JICA Ukraine office), Ms. Aliona Tkach (Project Officer JICA Ukraine office), Mr. Ihor Vishtak (Head of the Department for Agrarian Development of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine), Ms. Yana Zubko (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 Mr. Serhii Melnyk got acquainted the delegates of JICA with the features of UIPVE activity and Deputy Director Ms. Larysa Prysiazhniuk presented the brief report of the project implementation. The important questions of the war affection on UIPVE work were discussed and the possibility of future cooperation was outlined.
During the meeting the laboratorial equipment, which has already been received within the project, was demonstrated. The majority of this equipment is used for qualitative indicators determination and DNA analysis of plant varieties.
The Ukrainian Institute for Plant Variety Examination express its gratitude to people of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for provided assistance and support of the state plant varieties testing in Ukraine.