Motivation of the staff in the AIC
In a highly competitive situation in agricultural market, more and more companies invest in human resources development, regarding it not to be an expense, but as assets of the company.
Human resource management, as well as any other administrative process, includes following components: planning, organization, motivation and control. Personnel management is the universal system, and is difficult to determine the importance of any of its components, but with the increasing market competition motivation becomes an increasingly important function.
Nadiya Kudlay: “Definitely we know how to survive. But we have to learn how to live”
Neat residence of “Elita” Ltd is a former research station, which was a heritage without windows with broken tables and chairs. The farm was renewed from a desert complex on the suburbs of Teresino village. The farm is fairly called “Elita” because it is among the best breeding farms of Ukraine. Nadiya Dmytrivna has a gift to convince, can spark with an idea. She often jokes: “If I was told to be a president of Uganda in 18 years old I would be”. She hasn’t lost her positivism by now. She comments on the prospects of Ukraine: “I am sure that Ukrainians will overcome any difficulties, because our people had experienced a lot”. But she dreams: “We definitely know how to survive. But we have to learn how to live”
Yuriy Momot: “Biogas perspectives of Ukraine”
— Yuriy Momot, the chief of animal husbandry department of “Agro-Oven” Ltd:
“Our enterprise was the first in Ukraine that started using biogas technologies and has been doing it successfully. It was joint project with the Dutch government and it was put into operation in Magdanynivka region in 2003.”
Pig production of Brazil under the microscope
Traditionally known as world’s leading coffee supplier Brazil has considerably increased its agrarian potential during the last 20 years. It has become a champion in beef, sugar, and soy beans export. After having looked on the last trends it becomes obvious that the country has most approached the same achievements in pig production.
ÀK “Mayak” Ltd: how the candy can be made from an old pig farm
— Ihor Okipnyak deputy of director of Agroindustrial firm “Mayak” Ltd: “We turned on the heat to make a reconstruction of the pig house in 2005, after having visited Denmark. We visited the country in the beginning of November and in the beginning of spring we started reconstructing two of fourteen swine barns. Now the rebuilding is almost finished and I can say for sure that an old pig house, which is more than 20 years old, can be perfectly rebuilt.
Russian success of Canadian technologies: AF “Mortedel” Ltd: 100 kg within 142 days.
Agro industrial firm “Mortadel” Ltd is the first in CIS who has brought, adapted, and successfully works with Canadian technologies and genetics. Our meeting with the general director of the firm took place in a neat two-storeyed building. Volodymyr Epishyn lives in the house most of his time, because it is 80 km to get home and very often he has to work overtime. Sometimes the owner of the business Mykola Ahurbash and company’s guests also stay in the house. An interesting detail is that the house is built on the territory of pig complex, almost between swine barns. I am sure you have wrinkled your nose instinctively. But you shouldn’t have: the territory and the air are perfectly clean. The company proves one more time that modern pig complex is not the place for dirt, stink and discomfort. One just has to work with enthusiasm and professionalism. Volodymyr Epishyn knows what he does and loves his job.
“Halychyna-Zahid” Ltd — from ruins to the best European results
Almost destroyed soviet pig farm, a farm that could place 54 thousand pigs a year was bought in 2006 after long negotiations. Today Halychyna-Zahid” Ltd is an enterprise that has 100% of Danish investments and is among ten the most powerful pig farms in Ukraine. This enterprise was among the first who initiated to found the Association of pig producers of Ukraine.
Respiratory diseases of pigs demand multipronged approach
The biggest veterinary problem of pigs is respiratory diseases. They are prevalent in general pathology and reach 30 % and more in different countries. The diseases of infectious etiology are the most common and the most wasteful; they decrease the profitability of pig production.
Foreign managers Ukrainian companies: pros and cons of cooperation
Expats – it is rather new term in the Ukrainian language and is not included in the dictionary. Despite this, inUkraineit is often used in different contexts. So, first of all, we should define the terminology used.
Water is a key ingredient
High quality water should be readily available for the animals concerned, since low-quality water can quickly lead to all kinds of problems, resulting in a lowering of the technical results. The best practice is therefore to check the drinking water annually. In so doing, it is important that samples be taken both at the source and at the drinking places. Different analytical results are often observed because a lot of water decays along the way due to unclean automatic drinkers, an excessively high ambient temperature, an excessively low flow rate, all kinds of additives and residues, too many unnecessary bends, dead-end pieces, etc. Even out in the field it is easy to determine whether the quality is too poor. All you have to do is fill a clear bottle with water at a drinking place. If, after shaking, no flakes can be seen and if, after four hours, the water does not smell, than the chances are already very good that the water is suitable as drinking water.
