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12 November 2021
MoU between IAMO and the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan
On November 11, IAMO Director Thomas Glauben and the Uzbek Minister of Agriculture Jamshid Khodjaev signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further intensify the cooperation between IAMO and the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan. The…
12 November 2021
Stakeholder Workshop on Innovative Index Insurance in Central Asia
On November 18, KlimALEZ team will organize an online dissemination workshop presenting project finding for stakeholder from business, politics and research. In addition to presentations for project members on novel data tools and applications, the…
23 April 2021
Call for Papers Special Issue "30 years of agricultural reforms in Central Asia"
For a Special Issue "30 years of agricultural reforms in Central Asia" in Central Asian Journal of Water Research (CAJWR), we invite manuscripts from economists, sociologists and political scientists providing new understandings into the progress of agricultural reforms, farm restructuring, and…
Emerging from the Soviet centrally planned economy, each of five Central Asian countries opted for its own unique path of reorganizing its agricultural sector towards a desirable production and farm structure. The three decades of transformations and…
06 November 2020
TSUE Online Conference “Sustainable agricultural development and regional cooperation for inclusive growth in Central Asia” held on October 20-22, 2020.
October 20-22, the TSUE Conference 2020 featured an opportunity for representatives from science and politics to discuss “Sustainable agricultural development and regional cooperation for inclusive growth in Central Asia”. The event was organized…
17 August 2020
Call for Papers - International Central Asia Conference
In October 2020, the international scientific online conference on "Sustainable Agricultural Development and Regional Cooperation for Inclusive Growth in Central Asia" will take place. Contributions can be submitted until 10 September.
The three-day…
30 June 2020
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research recognizes IAMO's successful projects in Central Asia
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has been recognizing several of IAMO's Central Asia group's projects as examplary cases of successful cross-country research. for BMBF-funded international scientific cooperation.
The two…
11 June 2020
Study examines the relation between agriculture and the declining marmot population in Kazakhstan
A group of scientists, including IAMO Central Asia Group members, combined 1960s satellite data with modern satellite imagery to track marmot burros in Kazakhstan over more than 50 years. The steppe marmot (Marmota bobak), a keystone species in the…
10 June 2020
New study on impacts of climate change on wheat and barley yields
A new study of IAMO's Central Asia group members, published in the Journal of Arid Environments, reveals spatially varying impacts of climate change on wheat and barley yields in Kazakhstan from 1980 to 2015 using panel statistics and meteorological…
25 May 2020
Online Seminars on Applied Economics and Policy Analysis in Central Asia
IAMO researchers join the Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in organization of an open online academic seminar series on the issues of applied economics and policy…
14 April 2020
IAMO Forum 2020 to be held online, 24 - 26 June 2020
IAMO Forum 2020 will take place as a virtual conference on the topic “Digital transformation – towards sustainable food value chains in Eurasia”.
The Central Asia Research Group will contribute with various contributed papers and organized sessions.…