Central Asia and South Caucasus Central Asia and South Caucasus REGION FORESIGHTREGION FORESIGHT

Presentation Made by CACAARI for GCARD Pre-Conference Inter-

Regional Forum Meeting

Oleg ShatberashviliGeorgian Federation for Information and Documentation,Member of CACAARI Steering Council

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Communities especially resource poor small holder farmers )

• 5 countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and 3 countries of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia)

• The area exceeding 4 million sq.km (about 3 % of the Earth's dry land)• Population of about 75 million, more than 40% in rural area• 70% of poor reside in rural area• A sharp rise in food prices put at risk part of the population (20-50%,

depending on country) falling into the category of the poor• In 2007-2011 agricultural production in all countries except Georgia

was growing. However, no country has yet reached a volume of agricultural production of 1990.

• All countries are net food importers. The deficit compensated through import is between 70% (Georgia) and 30% (Armenia, Kazakhstan).

• Agricultural future of the countries is both of regional and global importance

Agricultural and Food Agricultural and Food Challenges in CAC RegionChallenges in CAC Region

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Communities especially resource poor small holder farmers )

• Current significant deficiency of locally produced food

• Climate change, water problems, soil degradation, deforestation, etc.

• Sudden emergence of large number of smallholders• Extremely low agricultural GERD (0.1 – 0.25 of GDP)• Weak agriculture advisory services

Agricultural and Food Challenges Agricultural and Food Challenges in CAC Regionin CAC Region

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Communities especially resource poor small holder farmers )

• Limited number of research works devoted to the future of agriculture

• Examples:– An overview of agriculture in Central Asia and the Caucasus

and CGIAR program for sustainable development– Water Quality, Cropping and Small Ruminants: Future

Agriculture in Dry Areas of Uzbekistan– Some aspects of development of grain agriculture of

Kazakhstan in view of possible climate change– Research Prospectus: A Vision for Sustainable Land

Management Research in Central Asia• Limited local ownership

Foresight in Central Asia and the Foresight in Central Asia and the South Caucasus (1)South Caucasus (1)

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Communities especially resource poor small holder farmers )

• Technological Foresight of Kazakh Agro-Industrial Sector’s Priority Directions Development (2014-2020, 351 pages, in Russian)

• Methodology: desktop review of published and unpublished sources, brain storming, DELPHY, SWOT-analysis, key technology selection, other.

• Centre for Economical Policy Analysis of Agro-Industrial Sector of Kazakhstan

• Authors will be involved in the work of Forward Thinking Platform

Foresight in Central Asia and the Foresight in Central Asia and the South Caucasus (2)South Caucasus (2)

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Communities especially resource poor small holder farmers )

• Foresights are not conducted in the region on the regular bases

• A survey of foresight activities in the region and their influence on priority settings is a task for the future

Foresight and Setting Priorities in Foresight and Setting Priorities in CACCAC

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Communities especially resource poor small holder farmers )

• Foresight with a local ownership should become a regular part of AR4D activities in the region

• Low level of agricultural GERD may be an obstacle to it

Lessons learnedLessons learned

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Communities especially resource poor small holder farmers )

• The status of foresight in the Region was discussed at the CACAARI annual meeting

• CACAARI will focus attention on the further development of foresight in

the region take a capacity building measures to insure promotion of

foresight-based research in the region.

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Communities especially resource poor small holder farmers )

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