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Plenary Session 1: Agricultural Restructuring and Social Impacts

• 25 years of rural development in post-Soviet Central Asia: Challenges and obstacles. Max Spoor (International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
• Restructuring and rural incomes. Zvi Lerman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
• Changing advantage of small vs. large farms: Experience from Asia and Africa, Keijiro Otsuka (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan)

Parallel Session A1: Farm Restructuring in Central Asia: Insights from the AGRIWANET Project

• Agricultural Restructuring, Water Scarcity and the Adaptation to Climate Change in Central Asia: A Five-Country Study (AGRIWANET). Nodir Djanibekov, Martin Petrick (both: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• 25 years of agrarian reforms in Kyrgyzstan: Achievements and issues. Roman Mogilevskii, Kanat Tilekeyev, Nazgul Abdrazakova, Aida Bolotbekova, Saule Chalbasova, Shoola Dzhumaeva (all: University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan)
• Turkmenistan’s experience in farm restructuring: Stanislav Aganov, Yolbars Kepbanov, Gurbanmyrat Ovezmuradov (all: NGO Natural Energy, Turkmenistan)

Parallel Session B1: Trade Restructuring along the Silk Road

• Price transmission on wheat flour market in Georgia. Ia Katsia, Phatima Mamardashvili (both: International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET), Georgia)
• China and Central Asia agricultural trade: Potential and constraints - Implication for Silk Road Program on agricultural policies. Jiliang Ma (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, People's Republic of China), Fan Li (Centre for Institutions & Economic Performance (LICOS), KU Leuven, Belgium), Guixia Xue (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, People's Republic of China)
• Trade and food security in the Caucasus and Central Asia region: Prospects and policy challenges. Kateryna Schroeder, William Meyers (both: Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri, United States of America), David Sedik (FAO Regional Office in Europe and Central Asia, Hungary)

Parallel Session C1: Managing Agricultural Inputs

• A black (white) hole in the global spread of GM cotton. Saule Burkitbayeva (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)), Matin Qaim (Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Germany), Jo Swinnen (Centre for Institutions & Economic Performance (LICOS), KU Leuven, Belgium)
• Fictitious but not less effective: Cotton debts, indebted fields, and state divestment in Kolkhoz-obod. Irna Hofman (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
• Investigating impacts of agricultural input subsidy program in Georgia. Pati Mamardashvili, Irakli Kochlamazashvli, Salome Gelashvili, Ia Katsia (all: International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET), Georgia)

Parallel Session A2: The Challenges of Crop Diversification: Insights from the AGRIWANET Project

• Kazakhstan’s approach to cotton policy. Dauren Oshakbayev (Applied Research Center Talap, Kazakhstan), Regina Taitukova (Freelance Researcher, France)
• Development of cotton production and agricultural diversification in Tajikistan. Khodjamakhmad Umarov (Tajik National University, Tajikistan)
• Agricultural policy of wheat production and crop diversification in Uzbekistan. Yuliy Yusupov (Center for Economic Development (CED), Uzbekistan), Zafar Berdinazarov (Center for Economic Research (CER), Uzbekistan)

Parallel Session B2: Rural Livelihoods

• Identification of rural livelihood types and modeling livelihood strategies in Aral Sea Region, Uzbekistan. Davron Niyazmetov (NGO KRASS), Quang Bao Le, Akmal Akramkhanov, Timur Ibragimov (all three: CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems)
• Impact of Kyrgyzstan’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union on the farm income of smallholder farmers in the middle and higher elevation mountain regions. Azamat Azarov (University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan and Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, Kyrgyzstan), Martin Klaus Maurer (Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany and Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, Kyrgyzstan), Horst Weyerhaeuser (University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan), Dietrich Darr (Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
• Improving the resilience of Central Asian agriculture to weather variability and climate change. Alisher Mirzabaev, Julia Anna Matz (both: University of Bonn, Germany)

Parallel Session C2: Agricultural Price Determination

• Trade induced multiple-regimes between regional and international wheat prices: Central Asia case study. Jarilkasin Ilyasov, Kamiljon Akramov (both: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)), Linde Götz (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany), Paul Dorosh (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)), Thomas Glauben (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Residual demand elasticity estimates of Russian wheat exports. Kerstin Uhl, Oleksandr Perekhozhuk, Thomas Glauben (all: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Measuring food price volatility in Georgia. Salome Gelashvili, Pati Mamardashvili (both: International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET), Georgia)

Plenary Session 2: Agricultural Potentials and Policies

• Land degradation and water management in Central Asia: Current trends and institutional aspects. Iskandar Abdullaev (Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), Kazakhstan)
• Agricultural production potential along the Silk Road. Jo Swinnen (Centre for Institutions & Economic Performance (LICOS), KU Leuven, Belgium)
• Agricultural policies in Central Asia: What governments do, why they do it, and what they should do. Martin Petrick (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)

Parallel Session A3: Consumption Patterns

• Patterns of food consumption and crop commercialization in Uzbekistan agrarian change: Is cotton in competition with quality food? The case of Samarkand province. Lorena Lombardozzi (SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom)
• Consumers’ attitudes and perceptions of organically grown watermelon in Tajikistan. Gnel Gabrielyan (Cornell University, Ithaca, United States of America), Mirzobobo Yormirzoev (Higher School of Economics, Perm Campus, Russian Federation)
• Buy or make? Farm production diversity, market food availability and diet diversity in Afghanistan. Giacomo Zanello (University of Reading, United Kingdom), Bhavani Shankar (SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom)

Parallel Session B3: Production Effects of Integration

• Determinants of productivity and efficiency in cotton-wheat farming systems in Central Asia. Ihtiyor Bobojonov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany), Aden Aw-Hassan (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)), Thomas Glauben (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• The impact of migration and remittances on crop production value in the Kyrgyz Republic. Eliza Zhunusova (Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
• Mass emigration and agricultural transition: Evidence from Moldova. Ruxanda Berlinschi (KU Leuven Campus Brussels, Belgium)

Parallel Session C3: Trade Potentials (1)

• Socio-economic factors affecting lamb and mutton consumption in Turkey. Ozdal Koksal, Ilkay Dellal, Gursel Dellal, Fusun Erden, Ilknur Unuvar, Erkan Pehlivan (all: Ankara University, Turkey), Duygu Akturk (Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey), Nuray Kolsarıcı (Ankara University, Turkey)
• Fairtrade International in Central Asia: Opportunities and challenges for agricultural trade. Aziz Rasulov (Fairtrade International in Central Asia)
• The effects of exchange rate changes on the agricultural sector of Kyrgyzstan. Parviz Khakimov (EU Project "Support to selected areas of PFM reforms in Tajikistan", Tajikistan)

Parallel Session A4: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Central Asia (1)

• Agricultural transformation and production trends in the context of climate change in Central Asia. Kamiljon Akramov, Park Allen, Jarilkasin Ilyasov (all: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United States of America)
• Climate change and wheat yield in Kazakhstan. Aidan Islyami, Alisher Aldashev, Daniil Osipov (all: Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU), Kazakhstan)
• Climate change, agriculture and food security in the Kyrgyz Republic. Roman Mogilevskii, Nazgul Abdrazakova (both: University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan)

Parallel Session B4: Advances in Monitoring Land Cover Dynamics and Understanding the Patterns of Land-Cover Change in Central Asia (1)

• Monitoring agricultural land-cover dynamics and understanding their drivers in steppe regions of Northern Eurasia: Status and research priorities. Alexander Prishchepov (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Main results of space monitoring of vegetation cover on the territory of Kazakhstan for the period 2000-2015. M. Batyrbayeva, N. Muratova (both: JSC "National Center for Space Research and Technology"), L. Spivak (International University of Nature, Society and Man "Dubna", Russian Federation), Irina Vitkovskaya (JSC "National Center for Space Research and Technology")
• Vegetation dynamics of Central Asia along climatic and management gradients. Olena Dubovyk (Center for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL), University of Bonn, Germany), G Menz (Center for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL), University of Bonn, Germany and Remote Sensing Research Group (RSRG), Department of Geography, University of Bonn), A. Dietz (German Aerospace Center, Germany), T. Landmann (Earth Observation Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya)
• A new state-assessment method reveals turning points in Northern Eurasian ecosystem functioning. Stéphanie Horion, Alexander Prishchepov (both: University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Jan Verbesselt (Wageningen University, The Netherlands), Kirsten de Beurs (University of Oklahoma, United States of America), Torbern Tagesson, Rasmus Fensholt (both: University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Annual changes in grain production areas of Northern Kazakhstan in the last 10 years according to satellite imagery. Natalya Tsychuyeva, Olga Degtyareva, Dmitry Malakhov, Nurlan Bekmuhamedov (all: JSC National Center of Space Research and Technology, Kazakhstan)

Parallel Session C4: Trade Potentials (2)

• CIS agricultural market integration - What are the main driving forces and challenges?Ivan Djuric, Miranda Svanidze, Linde Götz, Glauben Thomas (all: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Koumiss’s trade potential as a traditional alcoholic beverage. Mehmet Mutlu Özdemir, Murat Küçük (all: Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority, Turkey)
• Determinants and welfare effects of smallholder export participation in Kyrgyzstan. Damir Esenaliev (SIPRI, Sweden), Isabel Teichmann (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany)

Parallel Session A5: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Central Asia (2)

• Projections for Central Asia climate change and resulting agricultural productivity changes. Timothy Thomas (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United States of America)
• The effects of climate change on the agriculture sector of Tajikistan. Parviz Khakimov (EU Project "Support to selected areas of PFM reforms in Tajikistan", Tajikistan), Jovidon Aliev (Consultant, World Bank, Tajikistan)
• Climate change, food security and agriculture in Uzbekistan. Ziyodullo Parpiev, Bakhrom Mirkasimov, Inna Wolfson (all: Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), Uzbekistan)

Parallel Session B5: Advances in Monitoring Land Cover Dynamics and Understanding the Patterns of Land-Cover Change in Central Asia (2)

• The Earth Observations based agricultural monitoring over EEU countries: the concept and first results of the SIGMA- Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan (SIGMA-RBK) project. Sergey Bartalev, Evgeny Loupian, Dmitry Plotnikov, Vladimir Tolpin (all: Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation)
• The state of irrigated agricultural areas in Fergana valley under unstable water supply in 2000-2010s: remote sensing data analysis. Alexandra Nikanorova, Natalia Telnova, Nikolai Dronin (all: Diplomatic Academy of Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation)
• Land cover dynamics and water management in basin of river Ile on base of satellite data. Alexey Terekhov, Svetlana Dolgikh (both: RSE "Kazhydromet", Kazakhstan)
• Mapping the distribution of grazing livestock in Kazakhstan. Brett Hankerson (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany), Alexander Prishchepov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany and University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Florian Schierhorn (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany), Christina Eisfelder, Claudia Kuenzer (both: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany), Daniel Müller (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany and Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
• Perspectives of monitoring of virgin and secondary Stipa lessingiana steppes in Russia and Kazakhstan based on multispectral satellite images. S. Levykin (Institute of Steppe of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS), Russian Federation), Alexander Prishchepov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany and University of Copenhagen, Denmark), G. Kazachkov, V. Chibileva, I. Yakovlev, D. Grudinin (all four: Institute of Steppe of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS), Russian Federation)

Parallel Session C5: Land Reform Outcomes

• Investments in agriculture in Northern Tajikistan: Considering the dehqon farm. Andreas Mandler (University of Bonn, Germany)
• Echoes from the Soviet past: Bias in wheat production statistics in Kazakhstan. Dauren Oshakbaev (Applied Research Center Talap, Kazakhstan), Saule Burkitbayeva (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Land reforms in transition: The effect on Kazakhstan’s land and credit markets. Vasyl Kvartiuk, Martin Petrick (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)

Poster Session 1: Sustainability and Adaptation

• Innovation for assessing and controlling land use impacts on groundwater quality. Frank Eulenstein (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany), Abdulla Saparov (Kazakh Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry named after Uspanov, Kazakhstan), Sergey Lukin (Institute for Organic Fertilization and Peat (VNIIOU), Russian Federation), Askhad K Sheudshen (Kuban State Agrarian University, Russian Federation), Walter H Mayer (PROGIS Software GmbH, Austria), Ralf Dannowski, Marion Tauschke (both: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany), Olga Rukhovich (Pryanishnikov All-Russian Research Institute of Agrochemistry, Russian Federation), Uwe Schindler (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany), Roland Schindler (NEW Niederrhein Wasser GmbH, Germany), Konstantin Pachikin (Kazakh Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry named after Uspanov, Kazakhstan), Axel Behrendt (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany), Hartwig Drechsler (Dr. Drechsler Ingenieurdienst, Germany), Nils Cremer (Erftverband, Germany)
• Perspectives on and potential of agroforestry in Kyrgyzstan. Niels Thevs, Kumar Aliev (both: World Agroforestry Centre, Kyrgyzstan), Kara Hardy (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany), Jianchu Xu (World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, People's Republic of China)
• Modern problems of sustainable use and management of water and irrigated lands on the example of the Navoi region (Uzbekistan). Rashid Kulmatov, Anvar Rasulov (both: National University of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan), Michael Groll (Philipp University of Marburg, Germany), Ilkhom Soliev (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
• Bio-food security: Challenge for Central Asia. Alma Issabayeva (Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Kazakhstan), Galym Issabayev ( Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Kazakhstan)
• Different approaches to evaluate the irrigated agricultural areas condition using satellite data. Natalya Tsychuyeva, Dmitry Malakhov, Nurlan Bekmuhamedov (all: JSC National Center of Space Research and Technology, Kazakhstan)
  
  

Poster Session 2: Farm Development Issues

• Innovations in Polish farms as a determinant of agricultural changes. Katarzyna Derlukiewicz, Anna Tryfon-Bojarska (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland)
• Effectiveness of farm cooperation in Samarkand region. Abdusame Tadjiev, Shavkat Hasanov (both: Samarkand Agricultural Institute, Uzbekistan)
• Land and water reforms, agricultural relations and development of agricultural production in Turkmenistan. Gurbanmyrat Ovezmuradov, Stanislav Aganov, Yolbars Kepbanov (all: NGO Natural Energy, Turkmenistan)
• Farms as a form of entrepreneurship in agriculture. Gayrat Ibragimov (Samarkand Agricultural Institute, Uzbekistan)
• Risks and risk management in dairy value chain of Uzbekistan. Zarrina Sayfi, Utkur Djanibekov (University of Bonn, Germany)
  
  

Poster Session 3: WTO and Interlinkages

• Assessing the impact of WTO accession on the agricultural sector of Kazakhstan. Alisher Tleubayev (Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan)
• The role of food safety management system of Uzbekistan for WTO accession. Ibragim Ganiev (Samarkand Agricultural Institute, Uzbekistan)
• Main directions of agricultural trade development in Uzbekistan. Shuhrat Abdulazizov (Tashkent Agrarian University, Uzbekistan), Isroiljon Hakimjonov (Nazar Business and Technology (NBT), Uzbekistan)
• Formation of the wholesale and distribution centers in border and cross-border territories of the Russian Federation. Natalya Filimonova, Marya Ozerova (both: Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University, Russian Federation)
  
  

Plenary Session 3: Plenary: Global Challenges and Regional Integration

• Global economic growth and the demand and supply for food. Will Martin (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United States of America)
• Landlocked or Land-linked: Will new regional infrastructure resurrect international trade routes for agricultural goods?Richard Pomfret (University of Adelaide, Australia)

Parallel Session A6: Recent Trends in Agricultural Trade Policy in the Countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia

• The single market in the Eurasian Economic Union and barriers to trade. David Sedik, Iryna Kobuta (both: FAO Regional Office in Europe and Central Asia, Hungary)
• Current trends in agricultural trade policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Ademi Yerassylova (Kazakhstan Research Institute of Agro-Industrial Economy and Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan)
• Kyrgyzstan’s participation in global and regional trade agreements: “Spaghetti in the bowl” is intricate more than ever. Roman Mogilevskii (University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan)
• Food embargo in Russia as trade policy: Assessment of the consequences. Natalia Shagaida (Center of Agricultural and Food Policy, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russian Federation)
• Agricultural trade policy of Uzbekistan: Trends and prospects. Darya Ilina (Institute of Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan)

Parallel Session B6: Rural Collective Action

• Assessing the financial and economic viability of water user associations and canal management organizations in Ferghana Valley countries of Central Asia. Oyture Anarbekov (IWMI Central Asia Subregional Office, Uzbekistan), Dennis Wichelns (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
• The sustainable development of tea cooperatives and the tea value chain: The case of Georgia. Irakli Kochlamazashvili, Nino Kakulia (both: International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET), Georgia)
• Cooperation among private farmers in a post-socialist economy: Evidence from Kurgan Region, Russia. Svetlana Golovina (Kurgan State Agricultural Academy, Russian Federation), Sebastian Hess (Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany), Nilsson Jerker (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden), Axel Wolz (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Cooperative behavior and common pool resources: Experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal. Randy Bluffstone (Portland State University, USA), Astrid Dannenberg (University of Kassel, Germany), Peter Martinsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Prakash Jha (Forest Action, Nepal)

Parallel Session C6: Challenges of Transboundary Water Management

• Reconfiguring transboundary water management: Rescaling the borderlands hydro-social cycle in Talas waterscape (Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan). Andrea Zinzani (Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Germany)
• Long-term dynamics of transboundary institutions governing water and land: Evidence of shifts in benefit sharing within the Ferghana Valley. Ilkhom Soliev (Technical University of Berlin, Germany), Kai Wegerich (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany), Jusipbek Kazbekov (International Water Management Institute, Regional Office for Central Asia and Caucasus, Uzbekistan)
• Forecasting agricultural development in Fergana Valley until 2050. Sherzod Muminov, Boris Gojenko (both: Scientific Information Center of Interstate Coordination Water Commission of Central Asia (SIC ICWC), Uzbekistan)
• Water management in Central Asia: An analysis of post-Soviet path. Iskandar Abdullaev (Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), Kazakhstan), Shavkat Rakhmatullaev (Freelancer)

Parallel Session A7: Supply Chain Organization and the Role of Agricultural Policies: MATRACC Dissemination Workshop

• Overview of major findings and contributions from the MATRACC project. Ramona Teuber (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
• The role of supply chain modernization in mobilizing export potential of Caucasian and Central Asian farmers. Ihtiyor Bobojonov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Russia's wheat trade policy with its neighbors: The neorealism perspective. Nurzat Baisakova (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)

Parallel Session B7: Water Governance

• Water consumption of agriculture and natural ecosystems along the Ili River in China and Kazakhstan. Niels Thevs (World Agroforestry Centre, Kyrgyzstan), Sabir Nurtazin (Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan), Volker Beckmann (University of Greifswald, Germany), Ruslan Salmurzauli (Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan), Altyn Akimalieva (University of Greifswald, Germany)
• Rural food fish production improvement strategies in lower reach of Amudarya River, Southern Aral Sea region, under conditions of changing climate and increasing water salinization.Bakhtiyor Karimov (Scientific-Consulting Center ECOSERVICE, Uzbekistan), Uwe Waller (University of Applied Sciences of Saarland, Germany), Michael Matthies (Institute of Environmental Systems Research, University of Osnabrueck, Germany)
• Can water abundance compensate for weak water governance? Determining and comparing dimensions of smallholder irrigation water security in Tajikistan. Frederike Gehrigk, Thomas Herzfeld (both: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)

Parallel Session C7: Coping with Production Challenges

• Overview of options for improving farm-level cotton production in Uzbekistan. Nodir Djanibekov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany), Shavkat Hasanov (Samarkand Agricultural Institute, Uzbekistan)
• Can insurance help to cope with risks under climate change in agriculture? An empirical evidence from Central Asia. Nuriddin Muradullaev (Banking and Finance Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan), Zamir Smailov (State Joint-stock Insurance Company Uzagrosugurta, Germany), Ihtiyor Bobojonov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Farm-level technical efficiency and water: A meta-analysis of the frontier function literature. Boris Bravo-Ureta (University of Connecticut, USA, and Universidad de Talca, Chile), Roberto Jara-Rojas (Universidad de Talca, Chile), Michée Lachaud (University of Florida, USA), Victor H. Moreira (Universidad Austral de Chile), Susanne M. Scheierling, David O. Treguer (both: World Bank)

Parallel Session A8: Price Transmission and Market Power in Wheat Supply Chains: MATRACC Dissemination Workshop

• The integration of South Caucasian wheat markets with world wheat markets. Miranda Svanidze (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Oligopolistic market power of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine in the South Caucasus wheat market. Gulmira Gafarova (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)
• Competitive structure of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine in world wheat markets: gravity model approach. Nizami Imamverdiyev (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
• Oligopsony power in Kazakhstan grain supply chain. Giorgi Chezhia (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany)

Parallel Session B8: Land Use Management

• Conservation agricultural practices on degraded farmlands under revenue variability in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Hasan Boboev (University of Tsukuba, Japan), Djanibekov Utkur (Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Germany)
• Agroforestry for sustainable agricultural development in Central Asia. Klara Dzhakypbekova (University of Bonn, Germany, and University of Central Asia, Mountain Societies Research Institution (MSRI), Kyrgyzstan) Utkur Djanibekov (University of Bonn, Germany), James Chamberlain (USDA, United States of America), Horst Weyerhauser (University of Central Asia, Mountain Societies Research Institution (MSRI), Kyrgyzstan), Robert Zomer (Kunming Institute of Botany, People's Republic of China), Grace B. Villamor (Centre of Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany), Jianchu Xu World Agroforestry Centre’s East and Central Asia regional programme, Kyrgyzstan)
• Innovations for initiating sustainable land use along the Silk Road. Lothar Mueller, Uwe Schindler, Frank Eulenstein, Axel Behrendt (all four: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany), Abdulla Saparov, Konstantin Pachikin, Azimbay Otarov (all three: Kazakh Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry named after Uspanov, Kazakhstan), Mekhlis Suleimenov, Zheksenbay Kaskarbayev, Kanat Akshalov (all three: Scientific Production Center of Grain Farming named after A.I. Barayev, Kazakhstan), Victor G. Sychev, Vladimir Romanenkov (both: Pryanishnikov All-Russian Research Institute of Agrochemistry, Russian Federatio, Askhad K. Sheudshen (Kuban State Agricultural University, Russian Federation), Nodir Djanibekov (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany), Tobias Meinel (Amazone Company in Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan), Volker Hennings (Strousbergstraße 9, 30449 Hannover, Germany), Ralf Dannowski, Wilfried Mirschel (both: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany)