On February 13, the jury determined the winners of the regional stage VII of the intellectual game Novice Farmer, which took place on the site of the Omsk State Agrarian University (Omsky Biocluster member). The regional stage of the All-Russian Game Novice Farmer was held by the Omsk State Agrarian University, the regional branch of the Russian Union of Rural Youth, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk region for the seventh time, its goal is to develop students' business planning skills in agriculture, collecting and analyzing information management decisions and teamwork.
This year nine teams took part in the game. At the first stage of the game, the participants presented a business idea and answered questions from an expert jury composed of the rector of the Omsk State Agrarian University, Oksana Shumakova, representatives of the regional Ministry of Agriculture, the scientific and business community. In the second stage, representatives of the teams asked each other questions in the field of business planning, management, programs of targeted support for SMEs and farmers. At the end of the event, the contestants were asked to think about organizing the interaction of farms with subjects of the market infrastructure, as well as to analyze the results of possible types of cooperation with various types of organizations.