Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Farm Management Group

Contact Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Agricultural Economics Farm Management Group Philippstr. 13 - Building 12 A D-10115 Berlin - Germany Post Doc E-Mail: ihtiyor.bobojonov(at)agrar.hu-berlin.de Phone: +49 (0)30 2093 6311 Fax:     +49 (0)30 2093 6465

Curriculum Vitae

Education

10/2004 –12/2008 PhD: University of Bonn, Faculty of Agriculture. Thesis Title: Modeling crop and water allocation under uncertainty in irrigated agriculture: A case study on the Khorezm Region, Uzbekistan

09/2002-10/2004 MSc (Hons): Network Economics (Agriculture and Irrigation), Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

09/1998-10/2002 BSc (Hons): Economics, Urgench State University, Khorezm, Uzbekistan. Dissertation Title: The importance of small and medium businesses in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Professional experience

09/2010-date Erasmus Mundus Post Doctoral Fellow. Farm Management Group. Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture. Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany

11/2009-10/2010 Post Doctoral Fellow, Agricultural and Policy Economist: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria. Joint Position between ICARDA and IFPRI

01/2009-10/2009 Senior Researcher: ZEF/UNESCO project. Economic and Ecological Restructuring of Land- and Water Use in the Region Khorezm, Uzbekistan

10/2004-12/2008 Junior Researcher: Center for Development Research (ZEF), Department of Economic and Technological Change, University of Bonn, Germany

06/2004-09/2004 Expert for Institutional Development: German Development Service (DED)/ German Agro Action(GAA), Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Research areas

• Risk management
• Agricultural insurance
• Climate change adaptation
• Irrigation water management

Publications

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• I. Bobojonov; J. Franz; E. Berg; J. P. A. Lamers; C. Martius. (2010). Improved Policy Making for Sustainable Farming: A Case Study on Irrigated Dryland Agriculture in Western Uzbekistan. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 1540-7578, Volume 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 800 – 817.
• Franz, J.; Bobojonov, I.; Egamberdiev, O. (2010). Assessing the economic viability of organic cotton production in Uzbekistan: a first look. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 1540-7578, Volume 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99 – 119.
• Lamers, J., Bobojonov, I., Khamzina, A., Franz, J. (2009) “Financial analysis of small-scale forests in the Amu Darya Lowlands of rural Uzbekistan” Forests, Tress & Livelihoods, Vol 18 – 4.

Book Contributions

• Bobojonov, I., J. Lamers and I. Rudenko (2008) ‘Optimal crop allocation and consequent ecological benefits in large scale farms in Uzbekistan’s transition process’ in Continuity and Change: Land and water use reforms in rural Uzbekistan, eds. P. Wehrheim, P., A. Schoeller-Schletter, C. Martius, Halle/Saale, pp 63-86.
• Bobojonov, I., and J. Lamers (2008) ‘Analysis of agricultural markets in Khorezm, Uzbekistan’ in Continuity and Change: Land and water use reforms in rural Uzbekistan, eds. P. Wehrheim, P., A. Schoeller-Schletter, C. Martius, Halle/Saale, pp 167-186.

Conference Proceedings

• Bobojonov I., J.P.A. Lamers, C. Martius. (2010). Economic analysis of policy scenarios for developing degraded drylands under uncertainty of irrigation water availability in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan. In the proceedings of Second Bridging Workshops: Productive and Sustainable Use of Saline Waters and Salt-affected Soils in Agriculture, ICARDA, Syria, 15-18 November, 2009.

• Djanibekov, N., Lamers, J. and I. Bobojonov (2010): Land Consolidation for Increasing Cotton Production in Uzbekistan: Also Adequate for Triggering Rural Development? in: Labar, K., Petrick, M. and G. Buchenrieder (eds.): IAMO Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle (Saale).
• Bobojonov, I., (2007). Crop allocation and water use optimization in the region of Khorezm using linear programming model, pp. 7-9 In conference proceedings of the Problems of development agriculture in lower Amu Darya river regions. Urgench, pages 52.

Working papers

• Wang, W., Bobojonov, I., Härdle, W., Odening, M. (2011): Increasing Weather Risk: Facts or Fictions? SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2011-077.