The seminar on the international project SAGRIS was held from November 7 to 18, 2022 at the Warsaw University of Natural Sciences (Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego) - the oldest agrarian and natural science university in Poland, founded in 1816. It was attended by teachers and doctoral students of four Kazakhstani universities: Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian Technical University, A. Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University.
The program of the study trip was very rich. On the first day, the project leader, head of the department, Professor Axel Schwerk acquainted all those present with the program and objectives of the training seminar and conference. The guests got acquainted with the achievements and material base of the university. The next day there was an excursion with a visit to a sheep farm in Zelaznya. On November 9, 2022, an acquaintance with the scientific research of the Institute of Animal Sciences, didactic scope of the Faculty of Breeding, Bioengineering and Animal Protection, as well as a visit to the Large Animal Clinic of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine in Wolica took place.
On November 10, 2022, workshop on scientific publishing was held, which was conducted by Professor Mateusz Grygoruk, editor of leading peer-reviewed journals. Also a meeting with the Department of International Relations of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences was organized; whose representatives shared information about the possibilities of various programs and projects. In addition, a cultural program was also thought out. Thus, excursions to the house-museum of Frederic Chopin and to get acquainted with the sights of Warsaw were organized for teachers and doctoral students of Kazakhstani universities.
From November 14 to 15, 2022, teachers and doctoral students from Kazakhstani universities took part in the 3rd International Conference on Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing and Engineering in Spatial Planning and Environmental Science. Environment in times of hazard. Representatives of S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University Meleshenko N.N. and Murzabekova G.E. made a report on the first day of the conference on the topic "Developing a set of models based on data mining for wheat yield forecasting."
The workshop “Teledetection" and the field trip with various types drone presentation were interesting and informative. According to the program of the block seminar, the reports of the module developers on the preparation of presentations aimed at target groups and on the R software for statistical analysis were heard
On the final day, Aigul Ismailova, a young teacher of KazNAU, presented her test lecture on the topic "Pre-investment stages of the project and types of evaluation".
At the end of the block seminar, Axel Schwerk summed up the results, feedback from doctoral students and seminar participants was received. All participants of the block seminar were awarded certificates of participation and memorable souvenirs. The seminar participants shared their impressions of the block seminar, the high appreciation of which will undoubtedly contribute to the enhancement of postgraduate studies on sustainable agriculture and future farming systems.