25.04.2013:  

Major part of the technologies and solutions are export-oriented and import-replacing products and technologies. They allow to produce new effective materials, machines, projects and other products, which meet international standards.

The fair is aimed at creating conditions for growth of science intensive, high technological production in Uzbekistan, including based on sustainable development of small innovative entrepreneurship, effective use of scientific-technical potential of higher education institutions, increase investment activities of enterprises, etc.

The fair also demonstrates over 100 solutions, which are recommended to implementation to the enterprises, of which 69 are industrial solutions, 18 – agriculture and 13 – pharmaceuticals and healthcare.

The fair also attracted young scientists to the fair as they presented their 74 research works and solutions.

The fair will also host seminars, conferences and presentations on innovative technologies, ideas and projects.

Within the previous, the fair presented over 2,000 innovative ideas and technologies. Some 1,545 contracts for 44.7 billion soums were signed within these fairs. In the result, new products for 480 billion soums were launched. Serial production of new 19 goods have been started in Uzbekistan.

6.04.2013:  

UzbekistanAgrotechmashExpo is directing at demonstrating new modern and effective equipment, used in agriculture sector.

The event will include presentations on new agriculture products of local and foreign companies.

 See more: www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-22627.htm

6.04.2013:  

The event is organized by Social Initiatives Support Fund in cooperation with German International Cooperation Union (GIZ), National Association of Accountants and Auditors of Uzbekistan, State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan, Central Bank of Uzbekistan, Asaka Bank, Agro Bank, Qishloq Qurilish Bank, Microcreditbank and Halq Bank.

See more: www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-22625.htm

21.02.2013:  

Some 26 dehkhans with small subsistence farms from Muynak, Shumanay and Kanlikul districts in Karakalpakstan are members of a network of rural consultants helping rural learn new agricultural practices. To make sure that these dehkhans are aware of all the intricacies of being consultants, the UN Joint Programme brought them together for a 5-day training course on provision of consultancy services for rural population.

 Today these consultants are providing peer support to rural population, dehkhans and farmers on how to do better cattle breeding, land management, fish and vegetable farming, aviculture, and beekeeping. The training was conducted by the specialists of Khorezm Rural Advisory Support Service.

 Over the course of 5 days the dehkhans learned best practices on running rural advisory services, particularly, on the methodology and key concepts of agro-consulting, as well as methods of problem solving. Methods of monitoring and evaluation were also a hot topic for discussion. Considering the importance of communication between consultants and the people, the group work was on communication methods and principals of client relationship management.

 The training course was organized by the UN Joint Programme “Sustaining livelihoods affected by the Aral Sea disaster” implemented jointly by 5 UN agencies in Uzbekistan, including UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, WHO and UNV in cooperation with the Government of Uzbekistan and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. The Joint Programme is financed by the UN Human Security Trust Fund.

4.02.2013:  

Attendees:

Mr Turdiev Sodikjon             Farmer’s Council of Uzbekistan, Chair

Dr  Alisher Tashmatov          CACAARI, Executive Secretary

Dr Botir Dosov                         CACAARI, Technical Advisor

Dr Iroda Rustamova              Tashkent State Agrarian University, Director of Information-Consultation Center, Nation Coordinator of Agricultural Information Center

Mr Mirzokhid Yuldashev     Center for information and Innovation of Uzbekistan, Director

Mr Hayrulla Ibragimov         Center for information and Innovation of Uzbekistan, Head of foreign affairs

Agenda:

1.       Discussion and defining the area for better collaboration between CACAARI, Farmer’s Council of Uzbekistan and Tashkent State Agrarian University on capacity building, extension and communication of best practices to farmers.

2.       How we can help women, youth and smallholders in rural areas? What kinds of innovation are needed for?

3.       How better to influence policy-makers in the decision-making on innovations for smallholders?

Dr Tashmatov briefed about national, regional and global ARD system and its institutional structure and functions and activities: GCARD, GFAR and CACAARI; and why agricultural research and innovations become extremely important nowadays.

Mr Turdiev Sodikjon informed the goals and objectives of Farmer’s Council of Uzbekistan established by the special Decree of the President of Uzbekistan.

Then, all participants discussed on how to enhance collaborative and innovative partnerships with farmers, the approaches, institutional frameworks, bottlenecks and opportunities for stakeholders.

Outcomes and conclusions:

·      Farmer’s Council of Uzbekistan will provide an institutional support for CACAARI initiative on training of women farmers of Uzbekistan in partnership with RAIS CAC Uzbekistan National nodal point -Tashkent State Agrarian University (TSAU).

·      Capacity building program should be organized on innovations on smallholders; CACAARI will support  RAIS CAC Uzbekistan National nodal point TSAU on developing the concept note for such project, where agricultural research, education, extension and producers should bring together for up-scaling and out-scaling of innovations for women, youth and smallholders in rural areas.

·      Activities to be planed and implemented should be communicated to policy-makers, agricultural producers and local authorities via mass-media and internet resources, and smallholders via local communities; Farmer’s Council of Uzbekistan jointly with CACAARI will support those initiatives. Such information and activities should also be shared with colleagues from all CAC countries.

25.01.2013:  

Training is being held for the members of council of Farmers of Tashkent and Sirdarya regions at Tashkent State Agrarian University.

In this event personnel lawyers, formers, workers are participating.  At the beginning of training seminar the previous efficiency of farming activity are analyzed and said about main tasks of farmers, organizing furzier direction at their activity and with help of them to produce new workplaces as well as on the based on high-technology organizing producing factories in agriculture.

In this training seminar G.Shukurova chief of farm “Istiqlol” from Tashkent region, M.Rahmatov chief of farm “Buvaboy Rahmat Fayz” from Sirdarya region have shared their experiences on providing economical stability of their farms with others.

Moreover in this event lectors are presenting about fields such as using land and water resources economically in farms, lizing operations and economical, financial, lawful aspects of farming activity.

8.11.2012:  

Delegates of region CAC participated at conference.  Armenia was presented by in Private  / SMEs/ coop Mrs. Alvina Avakyan, Azerbaijan was presented by Advisory Mr. Yakub Gyliev, Georgia was presented by Farmers organization Mr.Kaha Laskhi, NGOs/ CSOs Mr.Oleg Shatberashvili, Kazakhstan was presented by  Public Research Mr. Serik Kenebayev,  Kyrgyzstan was presented by Education Mr. Asanbek Ajibekov, Tajikistan was presented by Farmers organization Mr.Azizbek Sharipov, Public Research Mr. Hukmatullo Ahmadov, Turkmenistan was presented by Farmers organization Mr.Murad Bayramov, Uzbekistan was presented by NGOs/ CSOs Mr.Nazar Ibragimov, Advisory  Mrs.Laziza Gafurova, Education Mr. Sherali Nurmatov, CACAARI Direct sponsored Mr. Jamin Akimaliev Mr. Jozef Turok Mr. Alisher Tashmatov.  The GCARD II was focused on the ways to implement the tasks identified in the GCARD RoadMap with special attention to “Foresight and partnership for innovation and impact on small-holder livelihoods”. With this, the Conference was become an excellent platform to build cooperation around key forward-looking agendas and plan joint actions among all stakeholders. This should in turn, open international partnership opportunities and help the development of concrete research and development programs that can lead through to substantive impacts. The purpose of the Conference is to move from WHY transformation of AR4D, to HOW to implement the GCARD RoadMap in practice and WHAT difference does it make. The objective of the GCARD II is to take stock of progress and lessons from experiences in developing and strengthening collaborative actions to transform innovation processes towards achieving large scale development impacts, in particular on the livelihoods of resource poor smallholder farmers.

See also the GCARD2 Uruguayan website at http://www.gcard2012.uy/

8.11.2012:  

Foresight

Development frequently favors large-scale farmers because they can leverage resources that are beyond the reach of smallholders. Smallholders, and the partners who assist them need to innovate their way down a different path to prosperity. Foresight is essential for envisioning that path. To put the spotlight on foresight, a distinguished Panel moderated by Dr. Raj Paroda, Executive Secretary of the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) discussed ‘Innovation for Impact on Smallholder Farmers: Challenges and Opportunities’. One of Dr. Paroda’s summary points was “We need to empower farmers to earn, because they are not only producers. They must also feed their own families. If we can empower them as producers and bring in inclusive market-oriented development, we will achieve the Millennium Development Goals more quickly.” This conclusion was reflected in the recommendations of the Conference including to “Increase funding for market-oriented development and support farmers’ organizations in the resolution of challenges in value chains." This reminded me of our own stakeholder consultations two years ago that led to our ICRISAT strategy of Inclusive Market-Oriented Development (IMOD). A global consensus truly appears to be emerging that collective action and partnerships can harness markets for the benefit of the poor. GCARD-2 also highlighted the need to apply systems thinking to grapple with complex development issues – another theme that resonates with our Strategic Plan.

Partnership innovations

Conference discussions emphasized that partnerships will only innovate new paths of development if those partnerships themselves are innovative. ‘Innovation partnerships’ to lift the livelihoods of smallholders must include those smallholders and key enablers as equal members in order to ensure that priorities are relevant to their needs. We came to a similar conclusion in our own Strategic Plan, pointing out that farmer groups, non-governmental organizations, policy makers and the private sector would need to be included alongside our traditional partners in order to access markets for the poor. I discussed some of those partnerships underway in a previous blog post. GCARD-2’s endorsement of diverse and innovative partnerships puts wind beneath our wings.

 Innovation feeds on knowledge-sharing, and as a research partner we bear a special responsibility for sharing our findings as widely as possible. This means working through a dense tangle of copyright issues with an array of publishers. I reported to GCARD-2 about our pioneering Open Access policy in place since 2009. As of today, our Open Access Repository makes available more than 5,700 research-for-development documents, and is growing every day.

 The road ahead

GCARD-2 was invigorating. But it made clear that much hard work lies ahead. GFAR Chair Dr. Monty Jones exhorted us all to see it as a process, not just a biennial event. He urged us to unite around the six-point plan of the GCARD Road Map: inclusive priority-setting, equal partnerships, increased investment, improved capacities, improved development impacts, and better communication of achievements. It was agreed that we all share responsibility and accountability for executing towards those targets.

 We embrace that challenge, because we believe that GCARD has got it right. Inclusive and innovative partnerships, guided by well-informed foresight, will illuminate the road ahead. Let’s strengthen our partnerships to accelerate the engine of development for smallholders. Source:ICRISAT

22.09.2012:  

Then Introduction to the FAO/Turkish Partnership Programme Project overview and workshop objectives were introduced by Ms Karin Nichterlein and Mr Julien De Meyer, FAO

Afterwards, discussion of country presentations and poster sessions were presented.

Each participating country resp. the National Project Coordinator and the National Consultant prepared following materials:

- A presentation about key results and insights from the country AIS assessment

- Posters about the innovation case studies

On the next day of the workshop participants departure following groups for field trip: Group A (Livestock), Group B (Horticulture), Group C (Organic production).

The objectives of this pilot study were to identify policy and legal frameworks, institutional set‐up in agricultural research, extension/advisory services, education, farmer organizations, their linkages, their information and communication needs in order to serve farmers’ and agribusinesses’ needs in their re‐orientation to markets.

Addressing the issue of innovation for agricultural development, FAO organised a subregional workshop “Enabling the Agricultural Innovation System for Agricultural Development in Central Asia” in April, A project GCP/RER/029/TUR “Capacity development for analysis and strengthening of agricultural innovation systems (AIS) in Central Asia and Turkey" for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, aiming at assessing and strengthening the innovations systems in the agricultural sector of those Central Asian countries begins to be implemented.

At the end of the workshop, country representatives requested to report to the governments results of the project and propose new step of continuation of the program

22.09.2012:  

The Conference is endorsed by e-Agriculture, esoko and INFITA. The official conference languages were English and French.

To inform that IAALD Africa Chapter was established in 2006, in Kenya, as a forum of individuals and organizations involved in creating, capturing, accessing, disseminating information and knowledge concerning agriculture and rural development in Africa.

Justin Chisenga, President of the IAALD Africa Chapter working at the FAO Regional Office in Ghana made a speech on livelihoods and food security in Africa.

The Johannesburg conference had exciting experience. It draw attendance from professionals and experts involved in the application of information and communication technology (ICT) in the rural domain, with a primary focus on agriculture (e-Agriculture), from both inside and outside Africa. From this conference we expected speakers representing government policy makers, industry, international development community, rural development practitioners, as well as researchers and graduate students from the agricultural and rural development field, including ICT, to present and discussed the latest topics in e-agriculture and to share their experiences and lessons learned in the implementation of e-agriculture initiatives.

The conference activities comprised of an exhibition showcasing e-agriculture initiatives and activities; pre-conference workshops, seminars and training; and the main conference which included presentations and panel discussions.

In conclusion they were aim at achieving proposals and decisions acceptable for all within the framework of the goals of the conference.