VI International Scientific and practical conference "Global and National problems of food security: lessons, challenges and new opportunities"
20 October 2023

VI International Scientific and practical conference "Global and National problems of food security: lessons, challenges and new opportunities"

On October 15 and 16, the VI International Scientific and practical conference "Global and National problems of food security: lessons, challenges and new opportunities" was held at the site of the Ural State Mining University in Yekaterinburg.

It has already become a good tradition for the scientific community to celebrate World Food Day annually on a fixed date. The event was co-organized by the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) Addressing the participants, Kirill Kolonchin, Director of VNIRO, Doctor of Economics, noted that food security is one of the main directions of ensuring national security, and at the same time it is closely connected with its other spheres (economic, demographic, migration) and acts as an essential factor in preserving the sovereignty of the country, the most important component of socio-economic policy, as well as a necessary condition for improving the quality of life of the population and maintaining the social stability of civil society.

VNIRO was represented at the conference by employees of the Center for Economic Research, the Pacific and Ural branches, as well as the branch for freshwater fisheries of VNIRO (VNIIPRH).

VNIRO Press Service