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Today, the 2nd Republican Scientific and Practical Conference "Avylym Ofyklar" named after Gabdelkhai Karimov was held in the agrotechnology class at the Shushmabash Secondary Comprehensive School in the Arsk Municipal District of the Republic of Tatarstan. At the conference, schoolchildren defended their scientific and practical papers on topics related to their native land, agriculture, and livestock farming.

Today, the Tatarstan Horse Breeding Federation held its annual conference at the Kazan Hippodrome. It was chaired by Marat Zyabbarov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan. Also attending were Giyaz Idiyatullin, Director of the Kazan Hippodrome; Svetlana Kappusheva, Executive Director of the Tatarstan Horse Breeding Federation; Gelyus Bayazitov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan; and horse owners who are members of the Tatarstan Horse Breeding Federation.

Rustam Minnikhanov, the Rais of Tatarstan, met with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, Marat Zyabbarov, also participated in the meeting.

From May 26 to 30, 2026, the All-Russian Agrarian Dictation, a federal event to test knowledge about the agro-industrial complex, rural areas, and the country's food security, will be held in Russia for the second time. Registration for participants and sites is now available on the website https://агродиктант.рф/   The opening ceremony will take place in Moscow at the National Center "Russia" as part of the Rural Workers Forum.

Traditional agricultural fairs resumed in the Republic of Tatarstan on March 14, and last weekend, they were held under the auspices of the "Gagarin Fairs" as part of the Gagarin Decade.

As part of the Gagarin Decade in the Republic of Tatarstan and the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, agricultural fairs will be held this week under the auspices of the "Gagarin Fairs" to commemorate the heroic deed of Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the planet's first cosmonaut.

The Tatar branch of RosAgrokhimsluzhba annually monitors the republic's arable soils to assess their mineral nitrogen status. In 2026, spring nitrogen testing was conducted in two zones—the Pre-Kama and Pre-Volga regions.

Today, a working meeting was held at the Ministry between Rustem Gainullov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Alisher Zakirov, Deputy Khokim of the Kashkandarya Region of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Today, at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Center, Marat Zyabbarov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, participated in the 20th Russian Venture Forum. The forum's main theme is "Technological Leadership – Investments in the Future."

Applications for the "Grains of Poetry" poetry recitation competition are now being accepted. The competition is organized by KOMOS GROUP, and partners include the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, and the Regional Public Organization "Agrarian Youth Association of the Republic of Tatarstan."