Agenda
A broad outline of the program can be found here.
Thursday May 18, 2023
Morning:
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 Opening session
- Abdulhakim SALOKHIDDINOV – Vice Rector, National Research University, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (NRU TIIAME, Uzbekistan) – TIIAME-NRU: Strategy and Activities in the Field of Climate Change and Adaptation
- Peter van OEVELEN – Director, GEWEX, George Mason University & Michael BRODY George Mason University, Fairfax, VA USA/International Agriculture University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10:15
- Yoqubjon ERGASHEV – Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Deputy Director of Department on International Cooperation
- Zokir ISHPULATOV – Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the Information-Analytical and Resource Center
- Bakhtiyor PULATOV – Minister of Natural Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the Research Institute of Environment and Nature Conservation Technologies
- Anvar MUKHAMMADIEV – Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan,
- Akmal AKRAMKHANOV – Regional Manager, Central Asia and the Caucasus, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
10:45
- Peter van OEVELEN – Director, GEWEX, George Mason University – GEWEX and WCRP
11:00
11:15
11:30
Presentations оп ongoing or proposed climate related research — changing hydrology, soil stress and quality, productivity, water stress, and potential solutions food security, e.g.: Uzbekistan food security as a wicked problem: need for an integrated approach and rural transformation
- Alim PULATOV – TIIAME NRU, Head of EcoGIS center, professor – Experience on climate related research in Uzbekistan
- Ravshan ESHONKULOV – DSc, assoc. prof. TIIAME NRU Karshi institute of irrigation and agrotechnology – Evaluating multi-year, multi-site data on the energy balance closure of eddy-covariance flux measurements at cropland sites in southwestern Germany
- Mirasil MIRZOEV – PhD, Tajik Agrarian University named after Shirinsho Shohtemur, Faculty of Land management & Geodesy, Geodesy & Geoinformatic Department, of Geodesy & Geoinformatics Department Land management & Geodesy faculty; Associate professor, State Unitary Enterprise Aerogeodesy, Head of Land remote control department – Integrated challenges of researching the impact of climate variability on river channels and reduction of agricultural land area potential in the (pas) area permanent active stations of Tajikistan
- Lianyu YU – Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Water Conservancy Engineering – Role of Soil Water and Heat Transfer Physics in Portraying the Ecosystem Functioning
- Maxim KULIKOV – Kyrgyzstan, University of Central Asia, Graduate School of Development, Mountain Societies Research Institute – Mountain Societies Research Institute
- Maira KUSSAINOVA – Kazakhstan National Agrarian Research University – The Effects of Excessive Water Use and Agricultural Intensification on Aral Sea Shrinkage: SES Dynamics within the Syr Darya River Basin
- Hasan SAFAROV – Tajik Agrarian University named after Shirinsho Shohtemur, Faculty of Land management & Geodesy, Geodesy & Geoinformatic Department, Senior lecture – Identification of the Emergence of Unstable Factors Affecting Agricultural Production under Climate Change in a Significant Ecosystem of Republican Subordination Region of Tajikistan Using Remote Sensing
12:30 Lunch
13:30 – 17:00
Afternoon:
- Breakout groups to discuss presentations and develop summaries
- Break Out Group 1
- Break Out Group 2
Friday, May 19, 2023
Morning:
- Saidislomkhon USMANOV – Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, Head of Civil Engineering and Architecture Department. DSc., Professor – An Integrated Hydrological Model for Water Balance Estimation in the Chirchik River Basin, Northern Uzbekistan
- Li YI – Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering – Climate change effects and adaptation suggestions in arid zones of Central Asia (online)
- Fei WANG – Northwest A&F University, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Professor, Deputy Director Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Deputy President of The World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC) – The traditional agriculture methods might not satisfy the development of the Central Asia under the conditions of climate change and current river management (online)
- Short presentations of summaries from break out groups оn Day 1
- Breakout groups to create аn agenda for future hydrological аnd agricultural research that is tied to what we are learning about the changing climate of Central Asia
e.g.: Need assessment Юг the research agenda – INRM- Food Security with food clusters
Afternoon:
- Feedback of need assessments research agenda’s
- Discussion and prioritization
- Urgent actions required
Saturday, May 20, 2023
- Visits to agricultural institutes and linked farms that may already or will be preparing for climate change
- Visits to crucial supply chain hubs (processing оё key commodities)
Sunday, May 21, 2023 (Optional trip):
- Тrip to Samarkand or other historic/cultural visits; meeting and talk with key stakeholders оn water and agriculture
Presentations
