In the Far East, the next annual rally "AgroSTARTap" has begun, which involves the participation of production teams from among local schoolchildren.

It is known that this rally is held on the territory of the Amur Region for the fourteenth time. And this year, nine brigades from students of different schools of the Amur region became its participants immediately.

It is known that schoolchildren within the framework of “AgroSTARTap” will compete in the ability to conduct agricultural activities in industries such as gardening, flower cultivation, plowing, cultivation of fruit and vegetable crops, etc. The rally participants have at their disposal an area with various devices and equipped plots, whose total area will be about five hectares.

The results of the rally will be announced on July 6, 2019. And then the honorary commission will select the winners. It is reported that the prize for first place in the competition within the rally will be shared among all members of the winning team. As a reward, they will receive immediately three tons of potato seeds of elite varieties.

Such information was shared in the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Also, the department noted that the schoolchildren of the Amur region have rich experience in production work in various fields of agriculture.

For example, students of one of the schools of the Blagoveshchensk region of the region from a young age comprehend the agricultural craft in elective classes. At agricultural farms, they conduct agrotechnical experiments, investigate various phenomena in the agricultural sector and collectively monitor the latest in the world of agriculture.