IPI activities in Southeast Asia started more that 30 years ago. It is now an opportunity for the institute to consolidate its activities in the region, said Mr. Hillel Magen, IPI Director. He also added that, besides important crops such as rice, maize and oil palm, additional crops - including soybean and other legumes, cassava, and sugarcane, amongst others - all make significant contributions to the food security, feed and fuel requirements of the region. IPI’s role is to engage in improving nutrient management in these crops.

Mr. Shcharbakou was born in Armenia and at an early age moved with his family to Belarus. Mr. Shcharbakou has a diversified academic career. After studying agriculture for five years, he was awarded a Diploma in Agronomy Science from the Grodno Agricultural Institute, Belarus, in 1998. He then went on to study jurisprudence (philosophy of law), specializing in agricultural law to achieve a Diploma in Law.

Mr. Shcharbakou’s professional career also started at the Grodno Agricultural Institute at the Department of Management and Organization in Agriculture. As a lecturer, his areas of expertise included agricultural raw materials and foodstuff markets and organization of the agricultural industry.

In 2004, Mr. Shcharbakou joined Belpromtechservice, Belarus, which provides a wide variety of services to the agriculture industry. As Director of Marketing, he was responsible for integrated market research, advertising, advancement of agriculture chemistry production and technical equipment in different regions, participation in international exhibitions, and teaching seminars for promotion of new products and applied science.

Mr. Shcharbakou began working with JSC Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) in 2007 as Chief Agronomist. Now as Director of Agronomy, he is responsible for the development, implementation and fulfillment of the company’s global agronomic marketing programs and strategy. Mr. Shcharbakou is BPC’s representative at several agricultural institutes and international organizations.

Living in Singapore and well acquainted with the region, Mr. Shcharbakou’s experience will be valued in the successful coordination of IPI’s research and extension programs in this significant agricultural region.

Mr. Aliaksei Shcharbakou can be contacted at:

a.shcherbakov@belpc.by

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