Heinz-Wilhelm Strubenhoff

Team leader of German-Ukrainian Policy Dialogue in Agriculture funded by the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection, permanent staff member of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Educational background:
1979–1984 — University of Goettingen — M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics)
1987 — Technical University of Berlin — Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics)

Expertise and experience:
– More than 15 years extended experience in planning and implementation as well as management, monitoring and evaluation of agriculture and agribusiness development projects for various public and private clients;
– Extensive experience of both short and longer term assignments in international policy advice projects mainly in Eastern Europe and the CIS;
– Finance and investment planning in agribusiness and infrastructure development for commercial and development banks
– Market surveys for agribusiness clients
– Team leader of interdisciplinary project and study teams in Eastern Europe and overseas for EU, GTZ, KfW, WB, EBRD, IFC and other international private and public clients in private sector development and public sector reform
– Planning and establishment of support structures for agriculture, agribusiness and rural development (rural SME development, information and extension services, market infrastructure, credit facilities, training and education institutions, research)
– Specific experience in Eastern Europe - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan Bosnia, Macedonia

Johann Tatzber

Director of the consulting firm «Agroconsulting GmbH», Austria;
The director of the project «Agricultural consultation in Ukraine» of «Christof Group AG» concern.

The main areas of Johann Tatzber’s consulting include:
• tillage systems
• crop production (farming and fodder production)
• creation of the concepts for farming and fodder production development.
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J. Tatzber was a head of the agricultural enterprise, specialized in crop and pig production, for 32 years. In 2004, he handed down the enterprise to his son.

In 2005, together with his two other colleagues they embodied the idea of establishment of a consulting firm for agricultural enterprises. From 2004 to 2006, J. Tatzber worked as an independent consultant in the agrarian sector of Ukraine. In 2006, together with his son J. Tatzber started a consulting firm named «Agroconsulting GmbH». During the period of time from 1998 to 2000, the project «Informational technologies in agriculture» was successfully implemented by this firm with the help of 1,700 participants from Lower Austria.

The consultations of «Agrokonsalting GmbH» have been carried out successfully and the concepts of mechanisation and soil cultivation have been individually developed for such agricultural enterprises of Ukraine as:
1. Private agricultural enterprise (PAE) named after Tsyurupa, village of Andrushivka, Popelnyanskyi region, Zhytomyr oblast;
2. PAE «Savertsy», village of Savertsy, Popelnyanskyi region, Zhytomyr oblast;
3. Private enterprise «Obriy», village of Kharkove, Talalayevskyi region, Cherniohiv oblast;
4. State enterprise (SE)«Industry research «Hontarivka», village of Hontarivka, Volchanskyi region, Kharkiv oblast;
5. SE «Industry research «Kutuzivka», village of Kutuzivka, Volchanskyi region, Kharkiv oblast;
6. SE «Industry research «Chuvyryno», village of Tomahivka, Volchanskyi region, Kharkiv oblast;
7. LTD «Agrofirm «Liya», village of Novoselivka-2, Yasynovatskyi region, Donetsk oblast and others.

«Modern systems of soil cultivation in Ukraine under the conditions of insufficient humidity»
The report highlights the main problems of Ukrainian tillage and shows the methods of their removal.
Besides, the methods of solving problems of soil cultivation and moisture conservation will be eliminated on the example of specific regions.

Georgiy Maksymchuk

Lifting capacity of soil fertility as a factor in increasing the productivity of crop.

Special mechanisms that optimize the cultivation of basic agricultural crops were worked out, which help to reduce the cost of growing product, but at the same time its productivity and profitability is several times higher. According to such mechanisms a positive dynamics of agro-ecological conditions is formed: the characteristics of the soil environment as well as the environment in general.
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Professional experience:
Independent consultant from 2005 to 2008.
Consultant of Khiminvest company, «Agromir» from 2002 to 2005.
Deputy Director for Science of «Agroresurs» institute from 1999 to 2002.
The western region director ЗАО «Райз — инвест» 98-99рр.
Director of Agreoinvest firm LTD «Ukragrobusiness» in 1995–1997.
assistant lecturer, associate professor, Professor of the Crop-production Departemnt at National Agrarian University in 1975–1995.
Chief Agronomist of an enterprise in 1974–1978.

Oleksiy Serhiyenko

Analysis of high-performance systems of winter rape cultivation.

Consultant Engineer of LTD «GeoAgro-Consult»,
Director of the Department of consultants of «GeoAgro-Consult»,
an agricultural scientist, Ph. Doctor in Biology (plant protection)
Author and co-author of more than 100 scientific and popular publications.
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Professional experience:
Director of the crop-production department of CJSC Scientific-Production Enterprise
«Rise-Agro» (2001–2008), chief agronomist of the agro industrial enterprise «Sady Ukrainy» (Kharkiv, 1996–2001).
Research scientist of Institute of Crop-production named after v. Yuriev (Kharkiv, 1990–1996).
The following aspects are highlighted: peculiarities of rape cultivation in different agro-climatic conditions, techniques of strategic and tactical optimization of rapeseed productivity, winter rape hybrids and their response to the growing conditions.

Christian Bickert

Christian Bickert comes from a farm near Frankfurt. After finishing school with university entrance qualifications and completing his military service, he studied Agronomics and Biology at the universities of Giessen and Bonn. He subsequently worked for three years as a research officer in the Department for Plant Cultivation at the University of Bonn where he obtained a doctorate (Dr. agr.).
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Dr. Bickert gained practical experience in the corn seed Sales Department of Rustica Sacon Plant Breeding in Hamburg. In spring 1995 he joined DLG, where he observes and analyses the market for the trade magazines «DLG-Mitteilungen» and «Agrifuture». Since 2001 he has been a senior editor of both magazines. As lecturer at the DLG Academy, he also holds workshops and seminars for agribusiness executives. Dr. Bickert is one of the few independent market observers in Germany and is highly respected as analyst in this sector. Dr. Bickert also runs the family farm near Frankfurt and manages another farm in Western Romania.

Serhiy Nalyvka

«Forecasts and export possibilities of Ukraine, in short-, middle- and long-term perspective»

Director at «Consulting Agency ААА», LTD.
2002 to 2006 worked for Agricultural Association «Group of Companies «UKRROS» (Financial-industrial union «AGRO») as the head of analytic group. 1998 to 2002 occupied a position of director at the Center of development of regional economy at the National Institute of strategic research of the President of Ukraine.

Oleksiy Volchkov

Member of Management Board on cooperative business JSC «INDEX BANK»,
Credit Agricole Group


 

Ivan Svidanyk

Influence of Seed Treatment on yields in modern agriculture.

Candidate of agricultural science
Head of laboratory of intensive technologies of cereals and maize at National scientific center of horticulture in Ukrainian Academy of Science. 27 years of experience in agricultural science. Author of more than 60 articles and essays. Specialization — technology of cereals growing. Leading specialist in the field of crop-production and technologies. One of the editors of Scientific Articles Collection of «Institute of horticulture of Ukrainian Academy of Science» and . Author of severe practical seminars.

Oleksandr Alekseyenko

Juridical mechanisms of cooperation between agricultural producers and international credit organizations

Partner at Attorney Union «Volkov, Koziakov and partners»

Yurii Zolotar

How to minimize agricultural risks in unstable financial conditions.

17.04.2006 — Zolotar Yurii works as a head of Hedging of agricultural Risks Department, CJSC «TAS Insurance Group».

Before 2006 — Worked as an agronomist in agricultural companies in Kyiv region. Finished post-graduate Courses in the National Scientific Center «Institute of horticulture of Ukrainian Academy of Science» and achieved a Ph. D. Earlier worked as a sales-manager in «Raiz» company, department of weed and pest killers, fertilizers and seeds. During this time he took part in round-table discussions and agricultural insurance seminars.

Tetiana Adamenko

Productivity of grain crops in Ukraine in terms of climate change.

Lecture will highlight causes and trends of global warming and international concern about climate change, effects of climate change on world food production, climate change in Ukraine, the trends of changes of agroclimatic conditions and prospects of Ukrainian grain market in the context of global warming.
Ph. D. in Geography with a degree in meteorology and climatology, Chief of Agricultural Meteorology dept. at Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center.

Tomasz Tromer

«Foreign investments in the agricultural business of Ukraine and the ways to attract them.»

BPT Partner Services A/S, executive partner
The BPT Group has real estate assets worth EUR 1 billion under management in Poland, Russia, Germany and the Baltic countries.
Mr. Tromer is responsible for launching a new Agro investment fund that will invest in Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia. The size of the Fund is expected to be EUR 300 million