From September 16 to 18, 2026, the 35th anniversary International Agro-Industrial Exhibition “AGRORUSH-2026” was held at the Expoforum congress and exhibition centre in St. Petersburg - one of the country’s leading industry platforms, which is among the priority projects of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Agrophysical Research Institute” actively participated in various events of its business programme and presented exhibits and information materials at the exhibition.
From September 17 to 18, 2026, the II School of Young Agrophysicists “Energy for the Development of Agrophysics (ERA-2026)” was held in St.Petersburg at the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Agrophysical Research Institute” (FSBSI AFI). The two day intensive programme combined lectures by leading scientists, laboratory master classes, a science quiz, and a major conference for young researchers in the fields of agro- and biotechnologies, plant biophysics and biochemistry, land reclamation and agro-climate, modelling of agroecosystems, physiology, genetics and plant breeding, and soil physics and physicochemical chemistry.
On September 8–11, 2026, an International Scientific and Practical Conference was held, dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Federal Scientific Center of Rice.” The key event of the conference was the Zhuchenkov Readings X: “Mosaic” of varieties – the foundation of food security.
On August 5, 2026, an agricultural seminar was held at the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Agrophysical Research Institute" (FGBNU AFI), organized by the Council of Young Scientists (CYS) of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the CYS of FGBNU AFI. Academician Vladimir Dmitrievich Popov, a representative of the Joint Scientific Council on Agrobiotechnology and Food Security and a member of the CYS Bureau, coordinated the meeting. He noted the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue and the exchange of experience. The event brought together young scientists and specialists from relevant institutes to discuss key areas of agricultural technology development and the contribution of scientific research to ensuring the country's food security.
On April 13-16, 2027, the VI International Scientific Conference will be held "Trends in the Development of Agrophysics: from Current Problems in Agriculture and Crop Production to Future Technologies"
