Conference on scientific basis and technologies of development of agriculture was held in Tashkent. Regional Program on Central Asia and the Transcaucuses of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) organized the event.

Specialists, experts and scholars from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, India, Azerbaijan and Armenia took part at the conference.

The delegates to the conference noted that at the moment shortage of water resources is an urgent problem for many countries. They have underscored that improving management of water resources and their rational use provide for not only the stable development of agriculture and food security but also would promote better human health, environment protection, as much as preserving of ecologic balance.

They have also discussed developing agriculture, raising soil productivity, bettering land reclamation, rational using water resources, introducing water saving technologies, enhancing exchange of views globally and expanding cooperation.