CAFEIN seminar 2023: CAFEIN Voices On the Silk Road

Central Asia, Caucasus, and Finnish Education Institutions Seminar 2023: CAFEIN Voices on the Silk Road

The University of Eastern Finland welcomes you to attend the third CAFEIN Seminar bringing to you a range of talks on health, environment, agriculture, education and health, from scholars hailing from Central Asia, the South Caucasus and Finland.

Wednesday 26th April 2023

9.00-15.00 EEST Canthia Building (CA500) and online 9.00-14.30 EEST Join Meeting Here

Chair: Liisa Nurminen

09.00 Welcome and Introduction, Roseanna Avento

09.05 Opening Words, Professor Emeritus Atte von Wright

09.15 Health talks

• Turnisa Yusupova, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy: Nutrition development through education in Kyrgyzstan
• Sohaib Khan, University of Eastern Finland: Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis

09.45 Environmental talks

• Burul Nazarmatova, International Academy of Management, Law, Finance and Business: Fisheries tourism in Kyrgyzstan
• Jeyhuna Hajiyeva, Azerbaijan State Agricultural University: Nature of Azerbaijan

09.45-10.00 Break

10.00 Agriculture talks

• Gunay Abbasova, Azerbaijan State Agricultural University: Effect of mineral fertilisers on grapes under gray-brown soils
• Madina Abishova, Azerbaijan State Agricultural University: Remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals
• Sardor Khayrullayev, Tashkent State Agrarian University: Effect of micronutrients on the yield and grain quality of soybean varieties in the Tashkent 
• region

11.00 Lunch break at Canthia restaurant 

12.15 Agriculture talks continue

• Behzod Abdullobekov, Tajik Agrarian University: Ensuring the ecological biodiversity of the agricultural ecosystem in Tajikistan
• Aijan Tolobekova, Kyrgyz National Agrarian University: Animal behaviour of yak and pasture management

12.45 Education talks

• Elizabed Diasamidze, Batumi International University: Inclusivity in education and international relations at Batumi International University, Georgia
• Abzal Abdramanov, Kazakh National Agrarian Research University: Agriculture education in Kazakhstan

13.15-13.30 Break

13.30 Education talks (continue)    

• Roseanna Avento, University of Eastern Finland: Capacity building in fisheries and aquaculture education in Kyrgyzstan
• Svetlana Tarasova, Kyrgyz National Agrarian University: Fish product development at the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University
• Elena Lazarevich, Kyrgyz National Agrarian University: Planning and piloting of aquatic sciences course at the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University
• Oksana Skaldina, University of Eastern Finland: Planning and piloting of an online course on aquatic sciences, fisheries and aquaculture

14.30 Coffee and Tea

15.00 Closing of the Programme