Специалисты ОФ «САМР Алатоо» участвовали в Летней школе по сельскохозяйственному развитию в ЦА

Land and forest resource management specialists from the CAMP Alatoo PF, Zhyrgalbek Kozhomberdiev and Maksat Miinazarov, participated in a Summer School on "Quantitative Analysis of Agricultural Development in Central Asia." The event, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF), took place in early October at the Center for Agricultural Reform and Innovation Studies (CARIS) at Samarkand Agro-Innovation and Research University (Uzbekistan).

Instructors included professors, doctors, and master's degree holders from Justus Liebig University in Giessen (Germany) and CARIS (Uzbekistan).

The Summer School program combined theoretical lectures and practical sessions discussing current issues in agricultural development in Central Asia. Participants from the region attended lectures on key agricultural topics, including the significance of livestock farming and the restructuring of the agricultural sector in post-Soviet Central Asian countries. They also focused on developing critical thinking and mastering analytical tools. The sessions included lessons on statistical software for analyzing agricultural survey data, calculating simple and complex statistical indicators, and creating graphs and tables.

The practical part involved working with a dataset provided by the instructors and preparing a project based on this microdata. Specialists from the CAMP Alatoo PF, collaborating with colleagues from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, explored the relationship between land area and livestock numbers in Kyrgyzstan. Specifically, they aimed to establish a correlation between the total area of agricultural land and the number of heads of cattle, determine the share of households cultivating fodder crops, and study how the number of livestock units affects the area of land used.

Researchers concluded that there was no significant correlation between the number of livestock units and land area. Further detailed research into regional differences could provide precise recommendations for improving local agricultural practices.

The Summer School is aimed at young professionals studying or working in economics, social sciences, development research, or geography, and interested in agricultural development. It is open to master's and doctoral students from Central Asia.