On 18 June 2024, the National Research Institute of Animal Production (NRIAP) hosted the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Czesław Siekierski. The discussions held during the Minister’s visit with the management of NRIAP, were a continuation of the issues raised during the meeting between the management of MARD and the directors of subordinate research institutes: https://www.gov.pl/web/rolnictwo/badania-naukowe-w-sektorze-rolno-zywnosciowym-wyzwania-i-perspektywy-rozwoju.
This meeting took place on 17 June at the Ministry’s headquarters and concerned challenges and opportunities for cooperation between institutes in the field of scientific research and development work in the agri-food sector, issues of financing and organization of the institutes’ activities, the status and achievements of the institutes in relation to the principles of the current evaluation of scientific units, the status of the implementation of investments under the National Reconstruction Plan, as well as other current problems of the institutes’ functioning.