Agricultural Innovations, Rural Development and Globalization Processes in Central Asia

Agricultural Innovations, Rural Development and Globalization Processes in Central Asia

Organizer
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO); Leibniz ScienceCampus “Eastern Europe – Global Area” (EEGA)
Venue
Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2 (IAMO)
Location
Halle (Saale)
Country
Germany
From - Until
17.02.2020 -
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Golib Sanaev

The full day workshop aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines to better understand processes of globalization and agricultural innovations towards agricultural and rural development in Central Asian countries. In order to exploit agriculture’s potential in a sustainable way, innovations as well as reforms of the current institutional environment are required. Challenges relate to non-transparent and poorly defined land ownership and tenure relations, a high discretionary involvement of governments in input and output markets, high transaction costs, inadequate access to credit for farmers and a limited provision of public goods and services. However, innovations and integration into global markets will have implications for structural changes, rural labour markets, rural socio-economy, as well as farmers’ behaviour. The important role of these processes has attracted attention of social scientists from various related fields, including agricultural economists. This workshop aims to build a platform for researchers working on topics related to Central Asian agriculture in order to share their ideas for further agricultural and rural development.

The structure of each presentation will be a 20-minutes presentation, followed by 10 minutes Q&A.

The workshop is organized in the framework of a research supported by the Leibniz ScienceCampus “Eastern Europe – Global Area” (EEGA).

Programm

08:15 – 09:00 Registration of participants

09:00- 09:30
Welcome address
Thomas Herzfeld (IAMO, Germany)
Introduction to the workshop
Nodir Djanibekov (IAMO, Germany)

09:30 – 11:00
Session 1: Data infrastructure for agricultural development research
Chair: Ulan Kasymov (Technical University of Dresden, Germany)

Life in Kyrgyzstan Study: A data infrastructure for agricultural research
Damir Esenaliev (Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany), Tilman Brück (Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany)

Adoption of cotton combine services in Kazakhstan: Insights from AGRICHANGE data
Golib Sanaev (IAMO, Germany), Nodir Djanibekov (IAMO, Germany)

Climatic changes in Central Asia from 1950 to 2018: An assessment based on daily weather data from climate stations
Florian Schierhorn (IAMO, Germany), Max Hoffmann (IAMO, Germany), Daniel Müller (IAMO, Germany)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00
Session 2: Linkages between technologies and institutions Chair: Ihtiyor Bobojonov (IAMO, Germany)

Rebound effects in irrigated agriculture of Uzbekistan: The role of water-saving irrigation technologies
Ahmad Hamidov (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany), Müncheberg), Ulan Kasymov (Technical University of Dresden, Germany), Kakhramon Djumaboev (IWMI-Central Asia Office, Uzbekistan)

Participation in formal markets and farm performance: The case of livestock farmers in Central Asia
Rustam Rakhmetov (IAMO, Germany)

Special Economic Zones in the periphery: Guarantee of success for rural development?
Andrei Dörre (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch (Heidemensa)

14:30 – 15:30
Keynote: The status and the future of irrigated agriculture in the Aral Sea Basin: Insights from Geodata
Christopher Conrad (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00
Session 3: Agricultural development challenges
Chair: Martin Petrick (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Trade and dietary diversity in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Lena Kuhn (IAMO, Germany)

Livestock farming in the Ili Delta (Kazakhstan): Adaption strategies to decreasing water inflow and fodder availability
Elisabeth Baranowski (University of Greifswald, Germany), Niels Thevs (World Agroforestry Centre, Central Asia Office, Kyrgyzstan), Altyn Khalil (University of Greifswald, Germany), Azim Baibagyssov (Kazakh National Al-Farabi University, Kazakhstan), Margulan Iklassov (Kazakh National Al-Farabi University, Kazakhstan), Ruslan Salmurzauli (Kazakh National Al- Farabi University, Kazakhstan), Sabir Nurtazin (Kazakh National Al-Farabi University, Kazakhstan), Volker Beckmann (University of Greifswald, Germany)

Viability of cotton production as primary source of income in Khatlon region, Tajikistan
Aksana Zakirova (Eberswalde University of Sustainable Development (HNEE), Germany)

Challenge of bringing innovations to local resource users: The case of rural communities in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
Linda Weber (University of Freiburg, Germany)

18:00 Final remarks and conclusion

Contact (announcement)

Dr. Golib Sanaev
Dr. Nodir Djanibekov
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)

Email: caworkshop@iamo.de


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