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02 May 2023
IAMO and Uzbekistan`s Space Research and Technology Agency discuss earth observation technologies for sustainable development in agriculture, forestry, and water resources
Atabek Umirbekov from the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) met with officials from the Space Research and Technology Agency under the Ministry of digital technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan (UZSPACE)…
02 May 2023
CAWAMNET Workshop discussed the climate-water-migration nexus in Central Asia
From 27 to 28 April 2023, a stakeholder workshop organized jointly by IAMO and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The two-day workshop held as part of the DAAD-funded project CAWAMNET - Central Asian Water Conflict and Migration Network gathered 25 participants from civil society, scientific and international donor communities, and policymakers from Central…
02 May 2023
PhD position (65%, TV-L E13) “Understanding behavioural factors affecting adoption of sustainable farming practices in Uzbekistan”
The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) in Halle (Saale), Germany, invites applications for a PhD position (65%, TV-L E13) “Understanding behavioural factors affecting adoption of sustainable farming practices…
27 February 2023
Two scholarships for early-career researchers at IAMO
Within the CAWAMNET – Central Asian Water Conflict and Migration Network project, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany, announced 2 scholarships for early-career researchers financing three-month…
12 January 2023
IAMO expanding cooperation with Uzbek universities
In January, IAMO director Thomas Glauben visited several Uzbek cooperation partners for bilateral meetings and exchange with students. The main aim of the visit was to intensify cooperation with cooperation partners and discussion of ongoing…
16 December 2022
IAMO and Uzbek state insurance company sign Memorandum of Understanding
02 November 2022 - The MoU between IAMO and the Uzbek insurance company Uzagrosugurta aims at an intensive transfer of research results and knowledge on index-based insurance for farmers.
On 28 October 2022, IAMO Director Thomas Glauben and the…
16 December 2022
Workshop on Cooperation towards Sustainable Agricultural Development
06 October 2022 - In the framework of the "Structured doctoral programme on Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia" (SUSADICA), IAMO researchers contributed to a workshop, which was held in the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and…
05 April 2022
Published: Special issue of 30 Years of Farm Restructuring and Water Management Reforms in Central Asia
The special issue edited by Richard Pomfret and Nodir Djanibekov was announced in February 2021 inviting contributions that cover the past thirty years of agricultural transformation in Central Asia and encouraged submissions from economists,…
02 March 2022
Food policy response measures to COVID-19 in Central Asia and Caucasus
IAMO researchers Nodir Djanibekov and Thomas Herzfeld look at the impacts of the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture, food security, and rural communities in the countries of Central Asia and Caucasus, and provide options to strengthen the resilience of the agricultural sector during…
The progress of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 resulted in a contraction of the economies of countries in Central Asia and Caucasus which showed high rates of economic growth in previous years. After the first corona cases, many governments…
02 February 2022
Research explores farm size, specialization and production strategy amongst cattle farmers in south-eastern Kazakhstan
Within the research conducted in the ANICANET project, an international team of researchers, including an IAMO Central Asia Group member, explored the patterns of production in Kazakhstan’s traditionally nomadic livestock sector, focusing on the beef…