Tasks and functions of the coordination and methodical council
Analysis of the state of scientific support and development of the concept of plant protection.
Formation of scientific and technical programs of fundamental and applied research.
Determining the optimal amount of funding, the availability of appropriately qualified scientific personnel, the material and technical base in scientific institutions, necessary for the implementation of scientific and technical programs.
Examination organization:
projects of scientific and technical programs, the development of which is determined by the tasks of the Center;
long-term and annual plans of research and development works of co-executors of the Center's research subjects;
scientific developments proposed for implementation in agricultural production;
topics of research works, which will be performed on a contractual basis according to the tasks of the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and other ministries and departments of Ukraine;
reports of scientific institutions on the fulfillment of the tasks of the scientific and technical programs of the Center.
Control over the progress of scientific research works by scientific institutions.
Control over the methodical level of research in co-executive institutions, determination of ways to increase the effectiveness of research.
Hearing and approval of the report on the work of the Center and its main scientific institution.
Development of the main directions and forms of international cooperation, promotion of the development of scientific relations with scientific institutions of foreign countries / International scientific programs, congresses, conferences.
Preparation of informative reports and scientific reviews on issues coordinated by the Center.
Reporting to the branch department on the state of development and implementation of the Center's scientific and technical programs.
Composition of the Coordination and Methodological Council for the implementation of Research Programme No. 18 “Plant Protection” for 2026
Chair of the Coordination and Methodological Council: Oleksandr Borzykh (Director of IPP NAAS, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Honoured Worker of Agriculture of Ukraine, Academician of NAAS)
Deputy Chair of the Council: Hanna Tkalenko (Deputy Director of IPP NAAS, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences)
Secretary of the Council: Oksana Afanasieva (Head of the Laboratory of Phytopathology at IPP NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow)
Council members:
Liudmyla Havryliuk (Scientific Secretary of IPP NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Iryna Beznosko (Head of the Laboratory of Biocontrol of Agroecosystems and Organic Production at the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS, Doctor of Biological Sciences)
Tetiana Bondar (Head of the Laboratory of Nematology at IPP NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Volodymyr Hunchak (Leading Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Ecologisation of Organic Farming of the Ukrainian Research Station of Plant Quarantine of IPP NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Nataliia Dmytrenko (Deputy Head of the Crop Production Department of the Presidium Office of NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Andrii Kyrychenko (Head of the Department of Plant Protection against Pests and Diseases at the NSC Institute of Agriculture of NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Yurii Klechkovskyi (Head of the Scientific and Organisational Department of the Research Station of Quarantine of Grapes and Fruit Crops of IPP NAAS, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor)
Hanna Kovalyshyna (by agreement) (Professor at the Department of Genetics, Breeding and Seed Production named after Professor M. O. Zelenskyi at NULES of Ukraine, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Fellow)
Nataliia Skrypnyk (Chief Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Forecasting and Plant Quarantine at IPP NAAS, PhD in Biological Sciences, Senior Research Fellow)
Olena Snizhok (Scientific Secretary and Deputy Director for Research of the Institute of Agriculture of Western Polissia of NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Oleksandr Stryhun (Senior Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Entomology and Resistance of Agricultural Crops to Pests at IPP NAAS, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences)
Nataliia Kozub (Head of the Laboratory of Ecological Plant Genetics and Biotechnology at IPP NAAS, Doctor of Biological Sciences)
Vitalii Fedorenko (Chief Research Fellow at IPP NAAS, Professor, Academician of NAAS)
Olesia Tsurkan (Head of the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Pesticide Toxicology at IPP NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Andrii Chelombitko (Director of the Department of Phytosanitary Safety and Control in Crop Production of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Oksana Shyta (Head of the Laboratory of Pesticide Application Technology at IPP NAAS, PhD in Agricultural Sciences)
Liliia Yanse (Deputy Academician-Secretary of the Division of Agriculture, Land Reclamation and Mechanisation of NAAS, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Corresponding Member of NAAS)
Kateryna Yatsukh (Leading Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Plant Protection of the Institute of Agriculture of the Carpathian Region of NAAS, PhD in Biological Sciences)