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The Volkswagen Foundation (Volkswagen Stiftung) earmarked 0.5 million euro to fund a new IAMO research project titled "Institutional change in land and labour relations of Central Asia´s irrigated agriculture" (AGRICHANGE). International observers of Central Asia and locals widely agree that...

Dr. Qiran Zhao has been granted the "2014 National Award for Outstanding Self-financed Chinese Students Study Abroad" by the China Scholarship Council for his excellent academic work. The prize is awarded since 2003 and honors Chinese students studying overseas, who were able to convince with...

As part of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded project "AGRIWANET – Agricultural Restructuring, Water Scarcity and the Adaption to Climate Change in Central Asia: A Five-Country Study", from 17 – 18 April 2015 research teams from Central Asia discussed the impacts of water...

Effective 1st of April 2015, the European Union abolishes milk quotas. These quotas existed since 1984. With the production limits no longer in place in the EU member states, milk prices will likely settle at the lower world market level. Taking clues from the fact that the actual milk deliveries in...

New IAMO research project on connections between water availability and agriculture in Central Asia

For his dissertation titled Impact of policy measures on wheat-to-bread supply chain during the global commodity price peaks – The case of Serbia, Dr. Ivan Djuric obtained the doctorate with distinction of "summa cum laude" from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on 23 January 2015. In...

From 24 - 26 November 2014, IAMO hosted an international conference under the title "Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia (ReCCA): Agricultural Production and Trade". Over 90 participants mainly from Central Asian countries, as well as from Armenia, Germany and Switzerland have discussed...

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