On January 25th, 2019 a round table was held at the UNDP building in the city of Nukus of the Republic of Karakalpakstan on the topic “about the activities of The International Innovation Center for the Aral Sea Basin under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.

Specialists from the Karakalpak branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Karakalpak State University, Nukus branch of Tashkent University of Information Technologies, Nukus Pedagogical Institute, the meliorative expedition under the Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional department of the Center for seed development the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Karakalpak department for hydrometorology, the Karakalpak branch of the research Institute for Irrigation and Water Problems and the Karakalpak branch of the Uzbek Sciense-production Center for agriculture.

The main purpose of the meeting was to familiarize the general public with the activities of the International Innovation Center for the Aral Sea Basin. The participants of the event got the information about the main directions of the center, as well as the work done on the experimental fields in the Muynak site, where salt-tolerating plants are sown.

In the next part of the meeting, specialists from ministries and departments briefly spoke about their field of activity and shared their views on the the International Innovation Center for the Aral Sea Basin, and also gave their tips and ideas for further cooperation.There were also discussed current environmental problems and exchange of their views on no finding the solution.

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