IPReS – An Innovative Pilot Program on the Re-Integration of Scientists to Central Asia: Research and Capacity Building on Food Chains under Climate Change

Research domain
Agricultural value chains

Project duration
01.09.2018 - 31.08.2022

Partner

• Tashkent State Agrarian University (TDAU), Uzbekistan

Investigated countries

• Uzbekistan

Project goal

Improving the research capacity of Central Asian countries is among the most important factors in developing the national economy and thus increasing overall welfare of citizens in these countries. In particular, transforming the higher education system may contribute to establishing modern and sustainable research capacities in the long run. Although several restructuring processes have been implemented in recent years, the current research capacity is still not in line with international standards. Against this backdrop, the overarching aim of this project is to contribute to transformation and internationalization of the higher education and research systems with an innovative pilot project. The pilot project considers novel approaches which contribute to the internationalization of the national research systems and re-integration of high-level scientists to Uzbekistan.

Project staff

Project Leaders

• Ihtiyor Bobojonov
• Dr. Dr. h. c. Thomas Glauben – Director of IAMO
• Lena Kuhn

Research Assistants

• Sanjar Adilov
• Sirojiddin Eshmatov

PhD students

• Mashkhura Babadjanova
• Sherzod Babakholov
• Abdulla Primov
• Daniel Schau

Guest lecturers from foreign universities   

• Dr. P. Michael Schmitz - Justus-Liebig-University Giessen.

“Applied Welfare Economics and Agricultural Policy Analysis”, 23-28 September, 2019. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

• Professor Michael Grings - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

“Price Formation and Price Policy: An Introduction to the Analysis of Agricultural Markets”, 25 – 30 November, 2019. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.