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Kick-off meeting of UaFoodTrade project
The “pilot project for the sustainable internationalization of Ukrainian research structures in the context of the globalization of the Ukrainian food sector” (UaFoodTrade) will be opened on 20 September 2018 in Kiev, Ukraine.
IAMO teams up with Asian Development Bank to support economic diversification in Kazakhstan
On Thursday 28 August 2018, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched a diagnostic study in Astana (Kazakhstan) arguing that Kazakhstan should accelerate reforms towards economic diversification and take advantage of the country’s large export potential. IAMO researchers Martin Petrick and Saule...
IAMO researchers developing drought insurance product
Long summer droughts and heat waves like this year are rare for Europe. In Central Asia, however, which was repeatedly confronted with such climate events over the last 10 to 15 years, they are a common phenomenon.
IAMO co-organizes conference on “Social science knowledge and sustainable agricultural development along the Silk Road”
In order to stimulate the academic environment for the social sciences of agricultural development in Central Asia and to present the results of a number of ongoing research projects, IAMO together with Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (TIIAME) co-organizes a...
IAMO Policy Brief 35
In view of the current drought period in Germany, IAMO published the IAMO Policy Brief 35 on “Agriculture in times of drought: How digitalisation can support sustainable risk management”. The recent issue is authored by Lena Kuhn, Ihtiyor Bobojonov and IAMO Director Thomas Glauben.
The current...
IX International Conference “Large Farm Management”
Again this year, IAMO supports the Large Farm Management (LFM) Conference as a partner. The international conference will take place from 19 to 20 September 2018 in Kiev, Ukraine.
IAMO Career Talk - Career decisions after graduation
Former IAMO staff members report on their careers after the doctorate. The IAMO Career Talk will take place for the second time at IAMO on 30 August 2018.
IAMO-GIZ cooperation on modelling Agricultural Sector in Tajikistan
IAMO and HFFA Research GmbH are cooperating with GIZ Tajikistan office in developing Agricultural Sector Model for Tajikistan. The model will be used by Ministry of Economics of Tajikistan and Ministry of Agriculture of Tajikistan in their daily planning activities.
IAMO Policy Brief 34 issued
In July 2018, Ulrich Koester, Yanjun Ren und Jens-Peter Loy published IAMO Policy Brief 34 on the subject "Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste - Reconsidered".
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), one third of all food is lost or wasted as it...
Photos of the IAMO Forum 2018 available online
We thank all participants of IAMO Forum 2018 for the informative insights and lively discussions. Conference photos are now available online.