On May 20, 2025, the President of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan (AAST), Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, and Corresponding Member of AAST Amonullo Fayzullo Salimzoda received a delegation from the Siberian Federal Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SFSC ABT RAS), led by the Center’s Director, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of RAS, and Corresponding Member of RAS Kirill Sergeyevich Golokhvast.
Amonullo Fayzullo Salimzoda emphasized that friendly and mutually beneficial relations between our countries have existed since ancient times and continue successfully to this day based on interstate documents and bilateral agreements between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.
The meeting was attended by scientists specializing in animal husbandry, horticulture and viticulture, veterinary medicine, crop production, and economics from the State Budgetary Scientific Institution of the Siberian Federal Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan. In his speech, President Salimzoda highlighted the special importance the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan attaches to fruitful cooperation with scientific institutions of the Russian Federation.
In recent years, cooperation agreements have been signed with a number of scientific and educational institutions in Russia, including Lomonosov Moscow State University (for training masters and doctoral students), V. V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute (for joint scientific research and experience exchange), K. A. Timiryazev Russian State Agrarian University (for training scientific personnel and specialists), A. A. Ezhevsky Irkutsk State Agrarian University (for training and professional development of specialists), South Ural State University (for education and scientific research), the Federal Center for Veterinary Medicine (for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infectious animal diseases), K. I. Scriabin All-Russian Scientific Research Veterinary Institute (for training scientific personnel in veterinary medicine), among others.
As a result of cooperation with relevant Russian institutes, scientists of the Academy have developed seven breeds of agricultural animals that are widely implemented in production, with their populations growing annually. Furthermore, based on comparative studies, high-yielding breeds and crosses of laying hens, broilers, turkeys, and quails have been identified and introduced into production. In recent years, a number of doctors and postgraduate students from Tajikistan have defended doctoral and candidate dissertations in Russian scientific institutions in the fields of crop production, animal husbandry, and veterinary medicine.
The scientists of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan intend to continue developing cooperation with the Siberian Federal Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in key areas such as genetic engineering and biotechnology, joint development of veterinary drugs, plant breeding and genetics, horticulture and animal husbandry, exchange of seed material, training and advanced training of scientific personnel and specialists, as well as organizing joint conferences, seminars, and publishing scientific articles.
During the meeting, an Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation was signed, which will serve as a strong foundation for interaction in the fields of science, education, and technology between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation in agricultural sciences and biotechnology. To implement joint projects in agrobiotechnology, cooperation with the Siberian Federal Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology will be established.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the guests were awarded the commemorative medal “30th Anniversary of AAST,” honorary doctor diplomas, and letters of appreciation from the scientific institutions of the Academy. Additionally, to strengthen cooperation, the best employees of the Academy were awarded honorary diplomas from the Siberian Federal Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the I. I. Senyagin Medal “For Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Agricultural Science in Siberia.”
