What are the prospects for sheep breeding in the North Caucasus?

SSAU scientists took part in a meeting on the topic: “Challenges and potential for the development of meat sheep breeding in Russia” as part of the forum “Development of sheep breeding in the North Caucasus”.

The meeting "Challenges and potential for the development of meat sheep breeding in Russia" was held at the multifunctional exhibition center "MinVodyEXPO". Topical issues, problems and prospects for the development of domestic sheep breeding in the territories of the North Caucasus were brought up for discussion. More than 200 people took part, including government authorities of the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District, representatives of science and education, the «Damate» group of companies, heads and specialists of agricultural organizations and farms.

Stavropol State Agrarian University was represented by the Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Faculty of Biotechnology, Doctor of Biology, Professor Valentin Skripkin, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the Department of Private Animal Science, Breeding and Animal Breeding Sergey Oleinik, Head of the Basic Department of Private Animal Science, Selection and Breeding of Animals, Doctor of Biology, Professor Evgeny Chernobay. Scientists made a report "On the implementation of a practice-oriented approach in the educational activities of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the Faculty of Biotechnology."

As a result of the meeting, a resolution was developed on the need to support the instruction of the President of Russia on the development and approval of a comprehensive program for the development of industrial meat sheep breeding in the North Caucasian Federal Circle until 2030 and recommend including the following activities:

- stimulation of investments in the construction, modernization and technical re-equipment of sheep farms, slaughterhouses and processing enterprises;

stimulating sheep farms to switch to the production of marketable products and legalize the turnover of sheep products;

- development of forage base and forage production;

- stimulation of breeding and genetic work to improve the breeding and meat characteristics of the sheep population in the North Caucasus Federal District.

Our scientists also met with a representative of the National Breeding Union of Russia, director Yury Alekseevich Kornienko, and with Zaripov Fanur Rafkhatovich, general director of the State Enterprise "Elite" of the Republic of Tatarstan, where issues of mutually beneficial cooperation in the development of breeding business both at the federal and regional levels were also discussed.

Within the framework of the forum “Development of sheep breeding in the North Caucasus”, a stone-laying ceremony “Pedigree Farm” was held in the Piedmont region and the construction of a selection and genetic center for breeding sheep was launched. In the center, using the latest technologies, highly productive breeding sheep and goats for meat production will be bred. This will improve the domestic gene pool. The project, implemented by the «Damate» group of companies, involves the construction of two large farms, an artificial insemination station and a quarantine site.

- We believe that this will allow our students - future specialists to acquire completely new competencies in the field of sheep breeding for successful subsequent employment, - said the Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the Faculty of Biotechnology, Doctor of Biology, Professor Valentin Skripkin.

For reference: the meeting was also attended by:

- Egorov Mikhail Vasilyevich, General Director of the National Union of Sheep Breeders of Russia - "The State of the Sheep Breeding Industry in Russia";

- Khanukaev Leonid Isaevich, head of the “Lamb” direction of the «Damate» Group of Companies - “About the «Damate» project in the North Caucasus”;

Fetisov VV, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Stavropol Territory;

- Izhaev Kh.Kh., Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic;

- Sharipov Sh.I., First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Dagestan;

- Grigorashchenko Andrey Grigoryevich, Vice-President of the «Damate» Group of Companies - “Measures of state support in sheep breeding”;

Lysenko Denis Alexandrovich, Sales Department of Farmer Service LLC, «Damate» Group of Companies - Presentation of the Farmer Service project;

- Surov Alexander Ivanovich, director of the All-Russian Research Institute of Sheep and Goat Breeding - branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "North Caucasus Federal Scientific Agrarian Center", Stavropol - "Development of meat sheep breeding in the Russian Federation."

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