State Institution "Scientific and Methodological Center of Higher and Professional Pre-Higher Education" and “Organic Federation of Ukraine”, with support from “German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture” (COA) joined efforts in organizing Organic Students’ Forum on May 1, 2024.

The Forum, entitled “Organic Production: Future for the Youth” served as a final step of a competition of students’ works on organic production and marketing. More than 120 students from university and colleges from all over Ukraine took part in this competition, which was held from December 2023 to end of March 2024.

Those students who won prize places during the competition were invited to present their research and proposals on organic topic during the Forum on May 1, 2024. They were also able to hear presentations about the development of organic sector in Ukraine, get a very practical perspective on organic farming experience form one of the leading Ukrainian organic farmers and learn about the experience with organic youth movement in countries of the Asia.

The presentation of students-winners of the organic competition demonstrated the creativity of the students in their ideas and approaches for organic production and marketing of organic products as well as in their scientific research on this topic. The awards which were received by the winners served as well-deserved prizes for the research, ideas and creativity. The works of students-winners will be posted on the Organic Knowledge Platform.

More information about the forum and the results of the students’ competition can be found on webpages of the Federation of Organic Movement of Ukraine and the Scientific and Methodological Center.