Varieties from EkoNiva’s portfolio, including in-house bred developments, have been entered into the State Registers of Plant Breeding Achievements Approved for Use in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. This significant event opens up good opportunities for exporting and expanding the Group's presence in international markets.

EkoNiva-Semena has been successfully supplying seeds to Kazakhstan for ten years. They demonstrated excellent adaptation to the natural and climatic conditions of the country’s various regions and high productivity in state trials. Thus, Rocket and Trendy peas, the in-house bred EN Avior and EN Argument soya beans are now among the regionally adapted varieties for East Kazakhstan oblast. EN Argenta soya bean, Crescendo, Evgenia, Eifel and Formula 1 spring barleys are good for Kostanay oblast. Licamero soft spring wheat is regionally adapted for North Kazakhstan and Akmolinskaya oblasts of the republic, while Licamero wheat, Eifel spring barley and the company's in-house bred soya bean varieties EN Argenta, EN Accent, EN Argument – for Akmolinskaya oblast.

‘Our soya bean varieties are most suitable for the fields of North Kazakhstan, especially for the regions adjacent to Russia as they are characterised by the same latitudes and maturity groups’, says Vladislav Rosenzweig, Soya Bean Breeder at EkoNiva Group.

All four varieties added to Kazakhstan State Register, have unique features and showed excellent performance following the trials. EN Argenta delivered a maximum yield of 3.89 t/ha with the intensive cultivation practices of Kostanay State Variety Testing Plot. EN Avior proved to be consistent by producing surpluses compared to the standards for arid regions – 1.5-2 t/ha. The variety was one of the best in the trials at several locations, which allows it to carve out a niche in the market of drought-resistant varieties for extensive conditions. EN Argenta and EN Avior are intercomplementary in the soya bean range. As for EN Accent, it was distinguished by a high protein content of 41-43%. The early-maturing EN Argument can be popular in foothill or extremely dry areas.

EkoNiva-Semena has been selling varieties from its commercial portfolio in Azerbaijan for five years now. And in 2025, according to the results of the trials in the country, Licamero and Cornetto spring wheats, Eifel, Explorer and Traveler spring barleys were entered into the State Register of Plant Breeding Achievements.

‘This emphasises the high quality and competitive ability of our products, as well as the fact that they meet the needs of local farmers. Our varieties comply with the standards existing in the republics and broaden horizons for export, which is an important step in the further development of the Group's business in the international arena’, points out Yevgeniy Kucheryavenko, Executive Director of EkoNiva-Semena.

‘We are positive that our current achievements in field crop breeding will lay the groundwork for the success in the global market, and we will be able to help farmers both in Russia and other countries. Today, the company keeps working on expanding its seed portfolio with new varieties, primarily through the development of its own plant breeding programmes. They cover such crops as pulses – peas, lentils, chickpeas – spring cereals, in particular wheat and malting barley, and most recently – forage grasses, alfalfa and flax’, says Vitaliy Voloshchenko, Director of the Plant Breeding and Variety Maintenance Centre, EkoNiva Group.