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Already the second ASF outbreak confirmed in Laos, near the Thailand border. Previously, a dangerous disease was recorded in Laos at the end of June 2019.

According to the Association of Confectionary Manufacturers ASKOND, exports of Russian confectionery products in the first half of 2019 grew by 20% compared to the same period last year in absolute terms and by 15% in monetary terms. It is reported that confectionery companies have shipped 264,000 tons of products abroad for $ 558 million.

July 15 Omsk State Agrarian University (Omsky Biocluster member) became the site of the opening of the International Summer School - 2019 'Problems of Functional Nutrition in the XXI Century: an Interdisciplinary Agro-Medical Approach.' Classes will be held during the current week in collaboration with Omsk State Medical University.

The Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Omsky Biocluster member) invites to negotiations with representatives of companies importing from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The purpose of the negotiations is to search for suppliers of products from the Omsk region. The organizers of the business visit are the Export Support Center of the Omsk region and the Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which invite representatives of SMEs to communicate with Kazakh and Uzbek importers.

July 10 - 12, the largest in Russia agrotechnical exhibition All-Russian Field Day - 2019 was held in Pushkin, Leningrad region. The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev and the Governor of the Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko. Over 200 agricultural organizations from all over Russia showed their products, achievements and developments.

The Association of Clusters and Technology Parks of Russia, together with the Federal Institute of Industrial Property, has initiated the creation of Competence Centers in Russian regions, whose work will be aimed at assessing intellectual property, legal support and technology transfer to international markets. It is expected that such Centers will be based in technoparks, where the necessary infrastructure already exists.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry and Trade forecast the growth of the agricultural machinery market in Russia two times over five years, to RUR 200 billion. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jambulat Khatuov during a meeting on supporting the purchase of domestic agricultural machinery.

Phibro Animal Health Corporation (NASDAQ:PAHC) today announced it is pursuing patent protection following a significant advance in the on-going development of a vaccine for African Swine Fever (ASF). This important step in the vaccine development process involves the identification of immunogenic epitopes and proteins that show strong potential to form the basis for a vaccine against ASF.