The aim of this workshop is to bring together delegates from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and India to create a global research agenda on the impact of climate change on agriculture in the region

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of a scientific journal running through its Center for Science Diplomacy (CND), organized a 2.5-day workshop, in collaboration with the Academy of Sciences for Developing Countries (TWAS), with the U.S. and South and Central Asian scientists and policy makers (UCA), that focus on the impact of climate change on agriculture in a region where additional collaboration has great potential to bring together the regional scientific community. The aim of this workshop is to bring together delegates from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and India to create a global research agenda on the impact of climate change on agriculture in the region. This served as a starting point for cooperation and interaction on key issues in the region. To a large extent, the main topic of this workshop was:

- Better understand the context of climate change impacts in the region on the topics of agriculture, food security, and human health.

- Identify areas in climate change adaptation sciences and biotechnology, in order to better understand the obstacles to scientific cooperation - including the current rules and laws governing such work, funding restrictions, etc.

The workshop consisted of 17 participants from various fields of agricultural research. Plenary panels, panel discussions, breakout group discussions, and lectures were significant parts of the workshop program.

The plenary dialogues were followed by group discussions and the conclusion of the entire process.

The workshop's priorities were national assessments of climate change and the impact of climate change on agriculture. The priority was given to such countries as India, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Achievements in the field of research and future progress were reinforced in the section of the final seminar highlighting the key points of the discussion, their implementation, etc.

Project proposals were also introduced in the network of the expert group on the assessment of climate change and its impact in the Central Asia and India region. In the future, it was decided to conduct joint, in-depth work in this direction as meetings, consultations and seminars for the exchange of information and experience of the participating countries, their long-term cooperation. One of the main organizations in this project was CACAARI, supported by the Global Agricultural Research Forum (GFAR)and the Centers of the International Agricultural Research Advisory Group (CGIAR).