Acceptance of applications for the All-Russian competition "AgroNTI-2021" continues
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan continues accepting applications for participation in the All-Russian competition "AgroNTI - 2021" among pupils of grades 5-10 in three age categories and five areas:
Agrocopters (distributed systems of unmanned aerial vehicles, automatic control systems);
Agricultural robots (electronic automated control systems for agricultural machinery);
Agrocosmos (use of space images and web GIS technologies in agriculture);
Agrometeo (weather forecasting, creating a weather archive, analytics);
AgroBio (methods of biological protection against diseases and pests of agricultural crops)
The competition is held by the Foundation for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere in conjunction with the non-profit organization "Association of Educational Institutions of Agroindustrial Complex and Fisheries", with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
The purpose of the competition is to involve students from educational institutions located in rural areas in the work on the technological priorities of the National Technology Initiative.
The main objectives of the competition are:
- development of students' creative abilities and interest in specialties in the field of agricultural sciences;
- the formation of key competencies, professionally significant personality traits and motivation for the practical application of subject knowledge;
- creation of favorable conditions for self-determination, creative self-realization of students;
- increasing the prestige of specialties in the field of agricultural sciences;
- vocational guidance of students;
- dissemination and popularization of knowledge in the field of agricultural sciences;
- attraction of scientific and business communities to work with talented students.
The All-Russian competition AgroNTI-2019 is held among students of grades 5-11 in 4 stages:
- extramural regional stage, which can be attended by students from all regions of Russia (from April 1-16, 2021);
- the intramural regional stage, in which the winners of the extramural regional stage will take part, is held on the basis of agricultural universities of Russia (May 2021);
- the final stage will be held in all nominations of the competition (September 2021);
To participate in the competition, you must fill out an application on the official website kids.agronti.ru/. Each participant has an opportunity to register in all four areas. For each of the directions, situational tasks or tests are proposed.
For more information on participation in the competition, please contact the department of science, education and innovative technologies of the ministry by calling the hotline 8 800 444 170.
Kazan State Agrarian University will be one of the venues for the extramural and full-time regional stages.