On January 10 of this year, the annual meeting of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan was held in the hall of the Shirinshah Shahtemur Tajik Agrarian University, dedicated to reviewing the Academy’s performance in 2024 and outlining tasks for 2025.
The meeting was attended by Salimzoda Salim Zakir, Head of the Agriculture and Environmental Protection Department of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan; Mirzorakhimzoda Akobir, Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan; Bahodur Nazarzoda, Head of the Crop Production Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan; Usmon Ma’mur Mahmadyozoda, Rector of the Shirinshah Shahtemur Tajik Agrarian University; Mirali Safarov, Chairman of the Trade Union of CAS employees; heads and staff of scientific institutions and divisions of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan (AAST); scientists, postgraduate students, doctoral candidates, and master’s students, as well as representatives from other ministries, agencies, and media outlets.
The meeting began with the president of the AAST, Salimzoda Amonullo Fayzullo, presenting a report on the results of the Academy’s scientific institutions’ activities over the past year and outlining the tasks for 2025.
Following this, on the first agenda item, speeches were given by academician Jalil Safar, Director of the Institute of Economics and Systemic Research of Agricultural Development; Kasim Toirzoda, Director of the Institute of Crop Production; the Director of the Scientific Center for Innovative and Mechanical Technologies in Agriculture; and Khurshed Davlatov, Director of the Institute of Animal Husbandry and Pastures. They positively evaluated the president’s report and offered suggestions to improve the work of the scientific institutions.
During his speech, Salimzoda Salim Zakir, Head of the Agriculture and Environmental Protection Department of the Executive Office of the President, assessed the AAST’s work in 2024 as satisfactory and proposed to intensify the Academy’s efforts in preparing young scientists, postgraduate students, doctoral candidates, and PhD specialists in relevant fields in 2025, as well as to take necessary measures.
In conclusion, the president of the AAST, Salimzoda Amonullo Fayzullo, announced 2025 as the “Year of Agricultural Science and Innovative Technologies Development,” aimed at enhancing the results of scientific research, training scientific personnel, developing innovative technologies, and strengthening the material and technical base of the Academy’s scientific institutions and their divisions.
