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