This became known at a meeting of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov with the scientific director of the UNC RAS, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Matishov, Director of the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Gelfan and Rector of DSTU, Doctor of Technical Sciences Besarion Meskhi.
The main issue of the meeting was the need to develop new approaches to improve the efficiency of agricultural production, shipping and water supply in conditions of low water in the Southern Federal District and the North Caucasus Federal District. To solve this problem, it is planned to create a Southern Water Resources and Aquaculture Center within the framework of the world-class REC program of the South of Russia in the Volgograd Region, Krasnodar Territory and Rostov Region.
– We are starting to develop one of the most significant projects for the southern and North Caucasian regions of Russia. The Southern Center for Water Resources and Aquaculture will unite leading scientists and industrial partners, - said the rector of DSTU Besarion Meskhi. - Scientists of our university are already engaged in solving research tasks that will make a significant contribution to the effectiveness of the center being created. At DSTU, aquaculture technology is being created using feed additives based on plant raw materials and probiotics of a new generation, developments in the field of aquaculture are being consistently implemented at the sites of the university's industrial partners. As part of a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, we are conducting research on the use of piezoactuators in the technology of low-temperature preservation of fish reproductive cells with intelligent control of the freezing process.
The Rector of DSTU also said that the university intends to develop an online course on industrial aquaculture together with the UNC RAS and open a new training area "Industrial Fishing".
Laboratories of scientific and educational institutions of the region will become the basis for the training of specialists and the implementation of scientific research. It is planned to attract a small scientific fleet of Russia for the study of reservoirs.
– In the conditions of water scarcity in the Southern macroregion, we proposed to the Minister to support the project "Ensuring environmental safety in the southern strategic direction in the face of climatic challenges and geopolitical, industrial impacts and natural disasters", developed by scientists of the UNC RAS. This will help to mobilize the activities of organizations subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science and solve an important problem for the region," Academician Matishov stressed.
It is assumed that specialists from the UNC RAS, the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Southern Federal University, Don State Technical University, Rostov State University of Economics (RINH) will be involved in the project.