At the opening of the exhibition "Golden Autumn", which began work at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements, the Chairman of the Government Dmitry Medvedev visited the joint stand of the companies "Uralchem" - "Uralkali". The activities of the leaders of the Russian fertilizer market were told to the Prime Minister by Uralkhim's General Director Dmitry Konyaev and Uralkali's General Director Dmitry Osipov. Currently, these companies supply Russian producers about 2 million tons of a wide range of different fertilizers, as well as more than 2.2 million tons of potassium chloride.
Present at the stand, Vice President of the Skolkovo Foundation Kirill Kayem and Director of Accelerating Projects in the Sphere of Agricultural and Industrial Biotechnologies of the Skolkovo Foundation Roman Kulikon presented to the head of the government innovative projects of the agro-biotechnological cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation selected together with Uralkhim,. The cooperation of companies is aimed at identifying opportunities for industrial cooperation and scientific and technological cooperation with the aim of increasing the efficiency of fertilizer application. During the presentation of the Skolkovo start-ups in the field of increasing the efficiency of farming, projects were presented for the development of hybrid fertilizers using phosphogypsum, a glonass-accurate farming system, an automated agroclimetric system for managing agricultural production, and several other projects. As the general director of Uralchem ??Dmitry Konyaev said, the company pays great attention to the development of innovative products for domestic consumers and plans to present new import-substituting products for agricultural producers at the exhibition "Golden Autumn".