German-Uzbek Chair on Central Asian Agricultural Economics (GUCAE)
The German-Uzbek Chair on Central Asian Agricultural Economics (GUCAE) was established in cooperation with IAMO and IAU to implement high-level research and capacity building of junior researchers from Central Asia.
GUCAE’s research focuses on the following areas:
- Improving productivity and efficiency in the agricultural sector of Uzbekistan
- Integration of agricultural value chains in global markets
- Determine the impact of climate change on agricultural production and rural livelihoods
- Design and efficiency of agricultural insurance and risk management
- Crop estimation and yield predictions with remote sensing technologies
- Study consumer behavior in the food industry
- Analyze drivers and impact of innovation adoption among farmers
At the same time, GUCAE is aiming at dedicated transfer of their findings to an audience outside academia, including government institutions and business actors in the agri-food industry and the financial sector.
Members of the Chair
Dr. Ihtiyor Bobojonov
Head of the Chair
Phone: +49 345 2928247
Email: bobojonov@iamo.de
Dr. Lena Kuhn
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 345 2928-323
Email: kuhn@iamo.de
Dr. Abdulla Primov
Deputy Head of the Chair
Phone: +998 93 593 44 34
Email: primov@iamo.de
abdulla.primov@iau.uz
Mukhayyo Djuraeva
Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 175 666 5228
Email: djuraeva@iamo.de
mukhayyo.djuraeva@iau.uz
Bekhzod Egamberdiev
Senior Researcher
Phone: +998 99 430 23 33
Email: egamberdiev@iamo.de
bekhzod.egamberdiev@iau.uz
PhD Researchers of the Chair
Laziz Sharipov
PhD student
Phone: +99890 948 97 07
Email: laziz.sharipov@iau.uz
Ulugbek Kurbanov
PhD student
Phone: +99833 731 27 27
Email: qurbonov.ulugbek@iau.uz