Department of Plant Quarantine
Protection of plant resources and phytosanitary security in Kazakhstan
Department direction
Compliance with and promotion of measures aimed at protecting the country's plant resources from importation and preventing the spread of quarantine objects and other especially dangerous plant pests established in Kazakhstan.
The mission
Control of the spread of quarantine pests: pathogens, pests and weeds.
Strategic goal is
Participation in international research projects and seminars on plant quarantine;
Methodological support of activities using modern agro technologies for monitoring, detailed accounting and remote methods using GIS technologies, global positioning systems (GPS, GLONASS) and other computer programs;
Development and implementation of various forms of forecasting quarantine organisms;
Strengthening international scientific relations and integration of the national system of phytosanitary monitoring of quarantine organisms;
Participation in the process of development, submission of proposals and adoption of international standards for phytosanitary measures, taking into account Kazakhstani interests;
Timely provision of scientific and methodological material for the diagnosis and identification of quarantine pests;
Using world experience and gaining practical skills in applying the latest methods for detecting and identifying pests, as well as methods for combating them, used in the advanced countries of the world;
Exchange of experience in the field of plant quarantine, solving joint tasks to ensure quarantine phytosanitary security of the member states of the Customs Union, the CIS, member countries of the European Plant Protection Organization (EPPO);
Dissemination of knowledge in the field of plant quarantine between the subjects of quarantine (Quarantine Services, Terr Inspection, teachers of agricultural universities)
Establishment of regulations allowing the institute to conduct a pest risk analysis (PRA) - (Study, research and evaluation of biological, scientific and economic data in order to identify quarantine objects).
Staff
Isina Zhanna Magzhanovna
Position: Head of the Plant Quarantine Department
Professional Activity
- Kazakh National Agrarian Research University — student.
- Postgraduate studies — Kazakh Research Institute of Fruit Growing and Viticulture.
- Researcher — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Senior Researcher — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Doctoral studies — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Leading Technical Specialist — Syngenta Kazakhstan LLP, Technical Marketing Department.
- Leading Researcher — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
- Head of the Plant Quarantine Department — Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Research Interests
Integrated plant protection systems for orchards, organic horticulture, and fruit storage.
Leading Researcher
Professional Activity
- 1963 — Research agronomist in plant protection; diploma with honors P No. 699048, specialty “Plant Protection”; Kazakh State Agricultural Institute, Alma-Ata.
- 1963–2000 — Junior, Senior, and Leading Researcher; Head of the Laboratory of Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasting; Head of the Department of Entomology and Forecasting; Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection, Rakhat settlement, Almaty.
- 1972 — Candidate of Biological Sciences; diploma MBA No. 016085, Higher Attestation Commission of the USSR Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, Moscow.
- 1977 — Senior Researcher; certificate SN No. 008081, Higher Attestation Commission under the USSR Council of Ministers, Moscow.
- 1996 — Doctor of Biological Sciences; diploma FD No. 0000431, Higher Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- 1996 — Associate Professor (part-time), Abai State University, Almaty.
- 1998 — Corresponding Member of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan; diploma No. 55.
- 2000–2006 — First Deputy General Director of the RSE “Phytosanitary Service” of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana.
- 2000–2006 — Professor (part-time), S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrarian University, Astana.
- 2003 — Professor of S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrarian University; certificate No. 19 dated 13.02.2003.
- 2006–2021 — Professor, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Astana / Nur-Sultan.
- 2008 — Director (part-time), Center for Development and Competitiveness of the Agro-Industrial Complex under the International Academy “Turan-Profi”, Astana.
- 2013–2021 — Director (part-time), Scientific and Innovation Center for Phytosanitary Monitoring, Plant Protection and Quarantine, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Astana / Nur-Sultan.
- 2015 — Full Member (Academician) of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan; diploma No. 0175 dated 11.07.2015.
- 2021 — Chief Researcher, Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine named after Zh. Zhiembayev, Almaty.
Research Interests
Integrated orchard protection systems, organic horticulture, and fruit storage.
Senior Researcher
Professional Activity
1983–1988 — Research agronomist, Kazakh Agricultural Institute (KazSAI, PAF).1988–1989 — Engineer of the soil reclamation sector, “Kazgiprovodselkhoz”, Tselinograd.
1989–1992 — Assistant to the field brigade leader, “Oktyabrsky” state farm, Enbekshikazakh district.
1992–1995 — Sales manager, KTK LLP, Almaty.
1995–1999 — Agronomist-inspector, Seed Inspection of Enbekshikazakh district, Esik.
1999–2003 — Inspector of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin Water Management Department, Committee for State Control and Protection of Water Resources, Esik.
2005–2007 — Advertising manager, IP “Rubin” LLP, Almaty.
2009–2010 — Head of the mushroom production department, “Novo-Alekseevka” poultry farm, Enbekshikazakh district.
2013–2020 — Chief herbologist, chief bacteriologist, State Institution “Almaty Zonal Quarantine Laboratory”.
2020–2021 — Entomologist, Republican Methodological Center for Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasting.
2022 – present — Senior Researcher, Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine named after Zh. Zhiembayev.