Russia plans to create 30 new agricultural science laboratories in 2023

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation plans to open 30 new laboratories in the field of agricultural sciences this year. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Dmitry Pyshny at the agro-industrial forum “Biotechnologies in agriculture: national priorities and cooperation in the EAEU space”. “As part of the national project Science and Universities, as of 2022, about 150 new scientific laboratories were created in completely different areas of agricultural science, including biotechnology. This made it possible to employ about 1,500 young employees. Another 30 new laboratories will be opened this year,” said Pyshny. As the deputy minister noted, about 3.8 billion rubles were allocated to update the instrumentation base of agricultural scientific institutions. Lush also said that the country still requires…