The Third All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference with the support and participation of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Federal Agency for scientific organizations took place in Crimea in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, Crimea on September 3-10, 2017. "Ecological-genetic reserves of selection, seed farming and plant reproduction" forum gathered more than 300 people from 99 organizations throughout Russia. Following the results of the five-day work of the conference, a resolution was adopted: to develop a "State scientific and technical program" aimed at increasing the competitiveness of domestic varieties, seeds, planting stock and technologies in the domestic and foreign markets with the view of long-term development of selection and seed production in the Russian Federation.

24-26 September 2014 in the Republic of Bulgaria the International scientific and practical conference entitled «Plant Physiology and Genetics – Achievements and Challenges» was hold. The forum discussed the biotechnology and genetic approaches for environmental and sustainable agriculture; genetic resources and biodiversity; efficient use of plant nutrition and symbiotic interaction; regulation of plant growth and development; photosynthesis under stress conditions.

The International Conference of Young Scientists «Advances in Botany and Ecology» was held in September 19-23, 2012,Uzhgorod, Ukraine. The meeting was devoted to achievements of botany, physiology, mycology, bryology and lichenology, plant physiology and biochemistry, systematic of vascular plants, plant ecology and phytosociology. The organizers of the conference are M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Uzhgorod National University/

This review gives facts concerning the ecological situation in the world. The ways how to organize the enhanced consumption of ecologically safe food were shown.