Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan

KazAgroInnovations: KazAgroInnovations: Creations of The International Center for Agricultural Research (ICAR) ICAR) Mr.Ismail Tokbergenov
Chief of Department of Strategy Planning of KAI MA RK Ph.D ( Physics )

Astana, 2010

The Republic of Kazakhstan

Central office of KazAgroInnovation, JSC

Astana

Russia

China Kazakhstan

Area 2 724,900 km (9th in the world) Population 16,1 mi people including: rural 7,5 mi people (46,4%) urban 8,6 mi people (53,6%) Climate type sharp continental Arable lands 21,4 mi ha Agricultural gross output 8,1 billion euro 5 nature climatic zones, 89 soil types Average temperature: from -19-2 C to +19+28 C min - 57 C, max +49 C

KazAgroInnovation Joint Stock Company (KAI) KazAgroInnovation KAI)

1. Statuses:
Created by the Enactment of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 2.05.2007 409 Joint Stock Company, 100% of shares belong to the state Functions of the one shareholder Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mission: assistance in developing agriculture in Kazakhstan by means of effective management of scientific assets and innovative processes Accreditation for Science Activities under the government order 0000210 d/d October 30, 2008 Specialized management of scientific-technical support and extension system in the sphere of agriculture National Institute for Innovative Development (the one sectoral).

2.

Resources:
1 163 scientists in 13 regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan scientific support of all basic sectors of agroindustrial complex and agricultural regions of Kazakhstan, with account of natural climatic and soil zones characteristics Areas (fields) for experimental works and manufacture of products ~ 280 000 ha Covering all stages of innovative activity: from idea to its inoculation More than 90% of the state scientific and technical assets in agriculture Market share of R&D products and services of scientific and technical character in the agriculture of Kazakhstan ~ 90% Experience in realization of R&D products in the agriculture of Kazakhstan over 100 years

 Structure of KAI
Organizations

Business lines

KazAgroInnovation, JSC
Scientific research organizations (23 units) and their branches (26 units) Extension Centers (5 units)

Operator of sectoral innovative system, subsidiary enterprises management Generation of knowledge, transfer and adaptation of foreign technologies Practicing R&D products results application, farmers feedback Adaptation production of R&D products results, innovative

Experimental Farms (14 units) Center for transfer and commercialization of agrotechnologies, LLP Analytical canter of economic policy in agriculture, LLP Asyl-Tulik, JSC SRC for Livestock and Veterinary, LLP

Commercialization of technologies transfer

R&D

products

results,

Information-analytical software, technological research in agriculture Introduction of new technologies in livestock breeding, realization of breeding material Additional services

Bastau Publishing house, LLP Center of Infrastructure Management, LLP

Organizations of KAI
Other organizations:
1. Center for Transfer and Commercialization of Agrotechs 2. Analytical enter for Economical Policy 9 11 23 8 7 15 18 1-4 20 6 10 14 16 21 22 12 19 17 13

Research organizations:
1. Institute of Farming and Plant Breeding 2. Institute of Livestock Breeding and Forage Production 3. Institute of Agriculture Economics and Development of Agricultural Areas 4. Institute of Fruit and Wine Growing 5. Institute of Agriculture Mechanization and Electrification 6.Institute of Plant Protection 7. U.U. Uspanov Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry 8. Institute of Food and Processing Industry 9. Institute of Potato and Vegetable Growing

3. Center of Infrastructure Management 4. SRC for Live-stock Breeding and Veterinary 5. Bastau Publishing House

HQ

10. Fishing Industry Institute 11. Veterinary Institute 12. Water Industry Institute 13. Institute of Rice Growing

13 1 1 - 11 5

14. South-West Institute of Livestock and Plant Breeding 15. Institute of Cotton Growing 16. East-Kazakhstan Agricultural Institute 17. Pavlodar Agriculture Institute 18. A.I. Barayev Institute of Grain Farming 19. Forest Management Institute 20. Kazakh Institute of Agriculture Products Processing 21. North-Kazakhstan agricultural Institute 5 14 4 15 3 12 2

Experimental farms and organisations:

1. Kaskelen 6. Actyubinskaya 11. Zarechnoye 2. Markensky 7. Uralskaya 12. North-Kazakhstan 3. Karabau 8. Kazak Tulpary 13. Kondratovsky Experimental Forest Nursery 4. Krasnovodopadskaya 9. Karabalykskaya 14. Karaganda SRI of Plant Breeding and Selection 5. Toguskensky 10. Arkalykskaya 15. Asyl-tulik Breed Livestock Farm

22. North-Kazakhstan Institute of Livestock and Plant Breeding 23. Kostanay Agriculture Institute

- Research organizations - Branches of research organizations

- Experimental farms and organizations

- Other organizations

Scientific Research Areas for 2009 2011 2009

1. Increasing the effectiveness of production and processing of plant breeding products: 1) Creation and improvement of high-yielding varieties of agricultural crops and hybrids resistant to environmental stress factor 2) Improvement of existing and developing new resource-conserving agrotechnologies (plant breeding, mechanization, plant protection, soil science and agrochemistry) 3) Primary and advanced processing, and storage of plant breeding products 2. Increasing the effectiveness of production and processing of livestock breeding products: 1) 2) 3) 4) Creation and improvement of breeds, types and lines of live-stock animals, birds and fish Improving existing and developing new technologies of animal handling and feeding, autonomous energy saving and water delivery to distant farms Creation of diagnosticums, therapeutic agents and vaccines Primary and advanced processing and storage of animal products

3. Rational management of natural resources : 1) 2) Forestry, fishery and water industry Soil resources

4. Increasing the economic efficiency and competitiveness of agriculture: 1) 2) Developing commodity distribution network Agrarian policy, development of rural areas and living standards of rural population

Research Results for 2006 2009 2006

Plant genefond samples have been recorded, number of samples Created and sent for State variety testing of agricultural crops, names Types, lines and breeds of live-stock animals have been created and sent for testing, names Local varieties have been released, names Therapeutic preparations and vaccines have been created, names Experimental machines and equipment have been created, in units Technical instruments for agriculture have been created, in units Technologies of soil management, forest and water industry have been created, names Technologies of handling and feeding live-stock animals, birds and fish have been created, names Technologies of processing and storing agricultural products, production of food products and compound animal feedstuff have been created, names Recipes of food products and compound animal feedstuff have been created, names Recommendations, suggestions and analytical materials in the sphere of agriculture have been worked out, names Published scientific articles, in units including foreign publishers, in units Received patents and innovative patents, in units Conducted licensed agreements, in units 53 237 223 49 75 58 68 12 71 27 47 68 30 2 763 266 451 4

Introduction of Agricultural Crops Varieties of Local Breeding

Grain Crops, thousands ha
2009 40% grain crops 6,883.5

Cotton Plant, thousands ha

75% cotton crops 105.1

2008

39% grain crops

6,314.2

65% cotton crops

91.1

2000

20%

2,487.4

- 100% varieties of foreign breeding

1,000.0

2,000.0

3,000.0

4,000.0

5,000.0

6,000.0

7,000.0

8,000.0 -

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

120.0

Oil Seeds, thousands ha

2009 30% oil-yielding crops 355.6

2008

25% oil-yielding crops

226.3

2000

10%

44.8

50.0

100.0

150.0

200.0

250.0

300.0

350.0

400.0

Introduction of Water- and Resource-conserving Technologies WaterResourceThere were developed water resource-conserving farming systems for various crops and natural climatic zones. Introduction area, thousands ha Oblast (region) Akmolinskaya Aktyubinksaya Almatinskaya Atyrauskaya East-Kazakhstan Zhambylskaya West-Kazakhstan Karagandinskaya Kostanayskaya Pavlodarskaya North-Kazakhstan TOTAL: 2006 680,1 332,8 4,0 25,0 0,2 231,0 46,4 1,600,4 93,0 500,3 3 213,2 (17,5%) 2010 2 701,1 400,0 44,6 225,3 15,2 360,0 449,6 3 800,0 211,1 3 000,0 11 246,9 (52,3%)

Knowledge Distribution System in the Agriculture (Extension)

Goal:

Changing approaches to the organization of production activity in agriculture through transferring the best experience from scientific research organizations to industry sector
EC Ushkonyr EC Shortandy
Expert support Training

Scientific and experimental organizations of KAI

Elaborations

1
Remote consulting

Over 100 programs No less than 2 500 farmers a year

2
EC Kostanay EC Tassay
Direct consulting

Common dial-up number: 599-190 Counseling through web-

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Information about new technologies

Attending farms Consulting / engineering Video- and print products Electronic library

Technical base

EC Balkhash

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Knowledge Distribution Centers (Extension Centers)

EC Kyzylzhar

ICAR - Methodical Extension Center

EC Kostanay EC Shortandy EC Oral EC Aktobe

ASTANA

EC Pavlodar

EC Oskemen

EC Atyrau

EC Balkhash

EC Kyzylorda

EC Ushkonyr EC Taraz EC Tassay

EC Maktaral

Acting:

Under development:

2010 .

2011 .

2012 .

2013 .

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Center for Transfer and Commercialization of Agrotechnologies (CTCA)

General information: Created in may 2009 Mission enable the development of agricultural business through introduction of advanced technologies and know-haw for commercial and industrial usage Charter capital ~ 4,7 mi euro Toolkit:
Localization Creation of centers for competence and advanced technologies Creation of successful production Enabling creation of service companies Selecting forms of IP protection/ licensing strategy Acquisition of patent Sale of IP rights/ Sale of a license Help during preseed stage (BP, feasibility study, trainings) Financing and support during preseed stage Partial financing during venture stage Casting, coordination and quality control Technical audit and consulting Training

Investment budget ~ 4,0 mi euro (+ ~ 4,0 mi euro / year)

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IP protection and licensing

Spin-off support

Contract research

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Projects of CTCA
1. Organizing production of veterinary test-sets and products for diagnostics of dangerous diseases: Project goal: organizing industrial-scale production of domestic, highperformance diagnosticums of most dangerous diseases of live-stock animals. Project price: 550,0 thousands euro There was created a project company RDC DiaVak-ABN, LLP, founding parties: CTCA, Kazakh Institute for Veterinary Research, individuals.

First dividends were received in July 2010 2. Promotion of advanced irrigation systems: Project goal: creation of a pilot business-model of service structure for introduction and expansion of irrigation technologies in agriculture. Project price: 486,0 thousands euro There was created a project company AgroTech Irrigation, LLP, founding parties: CTCA, CompanyNaanDanJain Irrigation (Israel), KazAgroMir, LLP (private partner).

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ICAR - The General Concept of the Project

The idea of the project is to create a system of generation and commercialization of new knowledge in the sphere of agriculture, which would be comparable to leading foreign counterparts. The Centre for International Agricultural Research will profit from a concentration of financial, infrastructure and human resources, as well as modern R&D tools and international experience of organizing agricultural R&D systems.
Modern R&D tools Finance Foreign and domestic scientists

Generation of knowledge Staff training Technology transfer

ICAR
High living standards on-site

Academic programmes of worlds leading agricultural universities

Partnership with leading foreign research institutes

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ICAR - Aim and Main Tasks of the Project

To create an international livestock and crop research centre (also focusing on processing, mechanization and economics), with on-site facilities for staff training economics) onQualitative results of domestic R&D to reach the level of its leading foreign counterparts R&D commercialization via licence contracts Private sector finance for R&D Compliance of patents with international requirements Scientific publications of project scientists in periodicals with high impact-factor 1. To create modern and highly-efficient tools for agricultural R&D 2. To establish an effective model of scientific coordination of agricultural research in the Republic of Kazakhstan 3. To provide for effective integration of domestic agrarian science into the world scientific system via close partnership with leading agricultural research centres 4. To provide domestic agricultural R&D with highly skilled staff 5. To create a highly effective open-type innovative environment with developed coordination tools along the lines of staff training scientific research commercialization implementation

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The Role of ICAR for Agrarian Science in Kazakhstan

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Activities of the Centre for International Agricultural Research Scientific coordination of agrarian research programmes Implementation of the fundamental and applied research studies R&D commercialization Transfer and localization of promising foreign technologies Knowledge extension and technology implementation Training for agrarian staff and scientists using advanced foreign methodologies Services for the business, such as contract research, engineering, laboratory analyses, etc. Positioning of the Centre for International Agricultural Research

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)
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1) It is meant to be the Core of the innovative agricultural system in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Leading platform for fundamental and applied agricultural research studies Headquarter of the national scientific council in agricultural sciences Analytical centre for technological development in agricultural industry 2) Leading agrarian research centre in Central Asia 3) Participant of international research projects 4) Centre of knowledge extension in the Republic of Kazakhstan 5) Platform for conducting scientific internships and training for scientists and teachers from various organizations in Kazakhstan

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ICAR Location

Astana-Borovoe Highway

Astana 70 km

Nauchny village

Astana-Petropavlovsk railway

A.I. Barayev Institute of Grain Farming

Experiment fields of the A.I. Barayev Institute of Grain Farming

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Research Areas of ICAR

Plant breeding (grain, legumes, cereals, fodder, vegetable and oil-yielding crops):
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Selective breeding Soil management Protection of plants Soil resource management Mechanization Post-harvest treatment, storage and processing of agricultural products Crop production economics

Livestock breeding (meat and milk cattle):

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Selective breeding Accelerated breeding of livestock Keeping, feeding and forage preparation technologies Forage production Processing and storage of products Veterinary hygiene, non-contagious and gynecological diseases Mechanization and using alternative energy sources Livestock breeding economics

Platforms / Departments / Services:

1) 2) General purpose universal for all research areas Specialized for specialized sectoral areas

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Platforms and Services [ 1 / 3 ]: General Purpose

Units
1. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 2. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Technological Platforms Genome Research Platform Genetics Research Platform Genebank Mechanization Lab Alternative Energy Resources Lab Services Analytical Research Service Economical Research Service Commercialization Office Technical Service IT Service for Research Extension Service ISO, GLP, BSL Academic Service Foresight, technical audit, scientific coordination, problem formulating Competitive advantage assessment, socio-economic analysis IP operations, licensing, establishment of joint ventures Setup, adjustment, and small-scale maintenance of equipment Databases, process modelling , system administration Consulting, teaching, agro-engineering, expo-centre Information systems for agricultural establishments Organize the process of education for students, masters, post-docs Identification of plant and animal genes and their characteristics Gene manipulation, cloning and transformation Storage of plant, animal, microorganisms genetics Experimental Design Bureau, machine systems, experimental production site Development of technical equipment to use alternative energy resources

Functions

Staff
142 34 74 8 15 11 94 20 10 18 6 3 11 11 15

In TOTAL: 13 structural departments with the total number of staff - 236

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Platforms and Services [ 2 / 3 ]: Plant Breeding and Processing

Units
1. 1) 2) Technological Platforms Phytopatology Selective Breeding Soil erosion, new landscape-oriented technologies Wheat: hard and soft breeds, barley, oats, green peas, chick-pea, lentil, soy beans, rape, sunflower, flax, safflower, millet and buckwheat, forage grasses, vegetables Seed farming, tillage, crop rotation, agroinformatics Agro-chemical analysis, microbiological soil characteristics Biological , chemical and agro-technological methods of plant protection Phytotron, study of plant growing conditions Analysis of the nutritive value of raw agricultural crops and of the final produce Study of microorganisms, creation of catalogues and collections

Functions

Staff
147 13

54 29 11 12 6 20 8 70

3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 2. 1) 2) 3) 4)

Farming Systems Soil and Water Analyses Epidemiology and Plant Protection Plant Physiology Analytical Lab Microbiology Lab Services Varieties Testing Service Technical provision for after-harvest handling and storage of seeds Field Work Team Experimental small-scale shops

Agro-ecological tests of varieties After-harvest handling loading, drying, cleaning, storage, stockpiling, seed treatment, etc (engineers, agronomists, workers, etc.) Technical provision for field experiments Deep processing of agricultural crops, demonstration of technologies

9 11 35 15

Plant Breeding in TOTAL: 9 structural departments with the total number of staff - 174 Processing in TOTAL: 3 structural departments with the total number of staff of 43

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Platforms and Services [ 3 / 3 ]: Livestock Breeding

Units
1. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 3. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Platforms Meat Quality Lab Milk Quality Lab Fodder Quality Lab Cryo-conservation Veterinary Hygiene, Non-contagious and Gynaecological Diseases Embryos Transplantation Lab Assessment of Male Species Research Unit Services Spermbank Farm Technical Staff Computing Centres Bio-reactor Meat and Milk Processing Semen storage Farm maintenance (shop, feeding, cleaning, etc.) Information system support for the selective breeding process Technical staff Operating staff Detection of biological and chemical composition of meat Assessment of compositional and hygienic quality of milk Detection of biological and chemical composition of fodder crops Bull semen and embryos deep freezing Research studies, testing of disinfection and desinfestation drugs, and of means for extermination of insects Transplantation of livestock animal embryos DNA analysis and early prognoses of potency Experimental research: feeding, fodder-preparation

Functions

Staff
63 3 3 3 8 13 5 6 22 34 3 13 5 3 10

Livestock Breeding in total: 13 structural departments with the total number of staff 97 TOTAL: 38 structural departments with the total number of staff - 550

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Academic Aspect of the ICAR

Aim: Model:
Biology students Agrarian programmes Medical students

To provide agricultural R&D in Kazakhstan with highly skilled staff

Competition among students (1semester in the 3 year)

Training

Approx. 50-70 students per year

Academic consortium (ICAR + universities of Kazakhstan + international partners)

Undergraduate degree Masters degree PhD

Production internships

Training for scientists and university teachers

Possible partnership:
University of Hohenheim (Germany) University of Saskatchewan (Canada) National consortium of agrarian research institutes and universities (France)

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Staff for ICAR: Necessary Conditions ICAR:

1) Highly effective R&D tools (equipment and methodology): Full modernization of the infrastructure in the A.I. Barayev Institute of Grain Farming Construction of the laboratory complex and provision of equipment for the laboratories Construction and provision of equipment for the experimental laboratory for agricultural products processing Construction and provision of equipment for the experimental livestock farms Refurbishment and provision of equipment for the mechanization department Lengthy internships and training for young specialists in worlds leading research institutes Research studies in partnership with worlds leading agricultural research centres 2) Competitive wages for scientists: Diversification of sources of finance and investment: enhancing productivity, R&D commercialization, attracting foreign grants, performing contract research studies Enhancing financial efficiency by optimizing administrative model in accordance with the practice of successful foreign counterparts 3) Higher living standards: Infrastructure for sport and leisure activities Communication and engineer infrastructure New comfortable accommodation

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Staff for ICAR: Sources and Mechanisms ICAR:

I.

Attracting scientists from other research institutes and universities in Kazakhstan

1 2

Formulate academic and professional requirements for applicants with the help of foreign experts Competitive selection of future staff

II.

Attracting best undergraduate and postgraduate students and young scientists

1 2 3

Scientists to work in universities / Master students and young scientists works in research teams Attracting Bolashak scholars with Agrarian, Biology or Medical qualifications Teaching postgraduate students in leading agrarian universities

III.

Lengthy academic internships in foreign research institutes for specialists of the Centre Academic trips to partner organizations for no less than one month

IV.

Attracting foreign scientists

1 2

To give lectures and masterclasses To supervise research groups and to be in charge of laboratories

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Park Secondary school with focus on Biology

Full refurbishment of the central building Construction greenhouse of new Boiler house

Sport infrastructure

New Campus: 1) Administrative building 2) Laboratories 3) Experimental laboratory for processing 4) Genebank 5) Hotel accommodating for 80 persons 6) Accommodation: dorms (200 beds), houses (with 300 flats) 7) kindergarten

Construction of garages for machinery and for transport, seeds storage

Draft Plan of the Project [ 1 / 2 ]

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Nauchny village
A.I. Barayev Institute of Grain Farming (full refurbishment + modernization) modernization)

New Campus (construction and provision of equipment) equipment)

Animal Husbandry Center for 100 bulls (construction and provision of equipment): equipment)

ICAR

Experimental Base for Cattle Breading (construction and provision of equipment): equipment) Two farms, auxiliary buildings.

Draft plan of the Project [ 2 / 2 ]

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ICAR Management
JSC KazAgroInnovations
Project management, coordination of the operators

A.I. Barayev Institute of Grain Farming

Institute of processing of agricultural products Institute of mechanization and electrification of agriculture

Research operator in crop production

Research operator for agricultural products processing

Research operator for mechanization and electrification

Institute of Livestock Breeding and Forage Production Analytic al centre for Economical Policy in Agriculture Centre for Commercialization and Transfer of Agro technologies University - partner

Research operator in livestock production

Analysis / economical support

Operator of the training process

Centre for infrastructure management

Infrastructure management by KAI subsidiaries of center for agricultural research

Akimat (Mayor) of Akmola region

Construction of infrastructure in Nauchny village

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Services

Transfer operator and commercialization of technologies

R&D

International Cooperation of KAI

Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Russia ) Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Ukraine Academy of Sciences of Belarus INRA (France) EMBRAPA (Brazil) Australian Center for Plant Functional Genomics AVRDC (Thailand) Volcani Research Center (Israel) ICARDA (Syria) INTA (Argentina) University Hohenheim (Germany) University Hebrew (Israel) University of Saskatchewan (Canada) CIMMYT (Mexico)

and more than 50 research organizations, agrarian universities and companies

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Forms of International Cooperation

Genefond and information exchange. Joint crop variety testing, carrying out research works in collaboration with partner organizations. Training scientific personnel. Organizing conferences, seminars and round tables.

Traditional

Carrying out joint research in the form of specialized international science teams, with commercialization of research results on the basis of common rights for the items of intellectual property. Experimental works on adaptation and introduction of foreign technologies in the Republic of Kazakhstan, creation and commercialization of joint items of intellectual property. Joint realization of innovative projects, with co-financing from each party, and attraction of strategic partners from private sector. Joint creation of research laboratories in the priority areas of agriculture development, carrying out research works on the level of the worlds best counterparts

Potential (Priorities)

We are open for any other cooperation offers

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Thank you for attention!