The partnership of business and educational institutions allows us to build a future for effective Ukrainian agriculture, which will be at the forefront of the world market. The DroneUA team, together with the international manufacturer of agricultural robotics of the XAG brand, launched a new educational and practical project on the basis of the leading agricultural university NUBiP of Ukraine. On August 9, the opening of the "XAG Innovation Academy" took place. – a modern laboratory of unmanned solutions, which was created to provide a practical basis for the training of certified specialists.
The need in the project to train highly qualified specialists in precision agriculture is due to the high market demand for specialists who can work with advanced solutions in robotics for agribusiness. The market leader XAG, having a strategy for the development of sustainable agriculture for 100 years ahead, sees a huge potential in the Ukrainian market. And work with Ukrainian universities and training of specialists – this is one of the important foundations for its implementation. After all, XAG – it's more than spraying drones, it's an ecosystem of innovative robotic and digital solutions and they need to be studied more.
“Academy of Innovative Solutions” – it is a modern laboratory of the Faculty of Agrobiology, which is equipped with spraying drones and related innovative solutions of the XAG brand in order to provide a practical basis for the training of qualified specialists. The laboratory was implemented at the O.I. Dushechkin Department of Agrochemistry and Plant Product Quality.
In the high-tech space, students can:
- conduct practical training using sprayer drones, autopilot systems and other robotics in agriculture;
- communicate with practitioners and market experts, receiving maximum work advice and experience with which they will be ready to work at enterprises even during the training process;
- immerse yourself in advanced practices and technological solutions from XAG, thereby becoming sought-after specialists on the international market.
“The high level of demand for specialists in robotics and precision agriculture technologies is already observed on the market today. This encourages the deepening of cooperation between business and universities in order to increase the number of joint projects. Last year, DroneUA and NUBiP of Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Cooperation and launched a joint educational program "Agrochemical service in precision agricultural production". Now we are ready to reach a new level and such developments as the "XAG Innovation Academy" – this is only the beginning», – Fevzi Ametov, co-founder of DroneUA.
Ukraine is already ahead of Europe in terms of the intensity of use of drones in agriculture. In order to keep pace with the introduction of innovations, it is necessary to provide the market with qualified specialists, true professionals of precision agricultural production. And these prospects – this is the future of Ukrainian agriculture, as the most innovative in the world.
