Program of the event

8 December 2023

Welcome speech

10:00 - 10:20

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Vladyslav Bolokhovskyi

Chairman of the Committee for Restoring Soil Fertility, General Director of BTU-CENTER

Welcome speech. Why is the topic important? Introduction of moderators and co-moderators 

UNIT 1

Soil health: today's realities

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Olga Trofimtseva


Moderator

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Mykola Kosolap


Co-moderator

10:20 - 10:30

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Taras Vysotskyi

First Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine

Introduction

10:30- 10:45

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Ihor Bezkaravainyi

Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine

«The role of Economy Ministry in mine action and the problems that Ukraine faces in the context of changing pollution. System of prioritization of territories for demining. »

10:45 - 11:00

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Vladyslav Dudar

Officer of the main department of mine countermeasures, civil protection and environmental Safety of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

«Management of soils degrading explosive remnants of war and their components due to armed aggression of the Russian Federation»

11:00 - 11:15

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Vadim Solovei

Head of the Department of Soil Resources, National Scientific Center "Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry named after O.N. Sokolovsky", PhD.

"Spatial features of the impact of hostilities on bases"

11:15 - 11:30

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Svitlana Romanova

Deputy general director for scientific activities of the State University "Institute for the Protection of Grounds of Ukraine", candidate of science and engineering

“How the condition of the soil has changed over the years, what it was like and what we have achieved” 

11:30 - 11:45

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Mykola Bykov

FAO National Expert on Reasonable Protective Agriculture

Implementation of reasonable protective technologies.
What does the farmer think? 

11:45 - 12:00

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Mykola Koshyk

Leading expert on agro ecology of the Association of Environmental Professionals (PAEW)

"The use of unregistered pesticides and agrochemicals is one of the causes of soil degradation." 

12:00 - 12:15

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Oleksandr Nazarenko

Manager of key accounts of Agreena

"Agreena Carbon - invest in the future today" 

12:15 - 12:35

Panel discussion of speakers

12:35 - 12:55

Break

UNIT 2

Practical steps to restore soil health

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Oleksandr Dombrovskyi


Moderator

12:55 - 13:10

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Tetiana Khomenko

Deputy Head of the strategic committee for restoring the soil fertility, commercial director of the BTU-CENTER group of companies

«4 years of fruitful work: from the soil degradation to innovative solutions for its restoration»

Co-moderator

13:10 - 13:25

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Oksana Tonkha

Dean of the Faculty of Agrobiology of the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine. Dr.of Agr.Sciences, professor

«Soils condition in Ukraine and methods of increasing their productivity»

13:25 - 13:40

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Svitlana Korsun

Executive director of Institute of Applied Biotechnology Dr.of Agr.Sciences.

«Bioremediation as a means of soil restoring damaged by military actions»

13:40 - 13:55

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Kateryna Shavanova

Head of R&D KERNEL projects, candidate of biological sciences.

«KERNEL's experience in maintaining and restoring soil fertility»

13:40 - 13:55

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Olena Dudkina

Director of "Agrosoyuz Projects LLC"

«All expansion of cover crops»

13:55 - 14:10

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Serhii Prokopenko

Director of O.P.E. LLC.

«Necessary conditions for successful compost certification»

14:10 - 14:25

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Viktoriya Oliynyk

Agrochemist of Astarta-Kyiv- agro-industrial holding

«Main measures to improve soil health and the ecosystem as a whole in the conditions of a large agricultural producer ASTARTA-KYIV agroholding»

14:25 - 14:40

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Serhii Melnychuk

Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prof., Doctor of Sciences, Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of IHP on scientific issues

«Study of the factors of disruption of natural biogeochemical cycles in war conditions, scientific and applied approaches to the use of innovative eco-agro technologies to ensure sustainable development on the territory of Ukraine»

14:40 - 14:55

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Oleksiy Vasylchenko

director of the "Maiak AF"

Will be presented soon

14:55 - 15:10

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Maria Belkina

specialist of the Department of Agriculture of the NGO "Ekodiia "- Center for Environmental Initiatives

«Examples of the soils degradation: from the intensive activity of agro-enterprises to military actions. Ways of its recovery» 

15:10 - 15:30

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Dmytro Yakovenko

Head of the International Department of BTU-CENTER

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Rafal Igelskyi

General Director of SomiGRO

«Experience of using BIOTREX to assess the restoration of biological activity of degraded soils» 

15:25 - 15:35

Summing up by the moderator