ALISHER MIRZABAEV
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
University of Bonn
Bonn
Germany
Email: almir@uni-bonn.de
Tel: +49 (0) 228 / 73-1915
Walter Flex Str. 3
53113 Bonn, Germany
RESEARCH AREAS
Economics of Land Degradation, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Energy, WaterEnergy-Food Security Nexus
EDUCATION
PhD in Agricultural Economics at the University of Bonn, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr.
Joachim von Braun. 2009-2013. Thesis title: “Climate Volatility and Change in Central
Asia: Economic Impacts and Adaptation”.
Master’s Degree in Development Studies at the University of Pierre Mendès France in Grenoble,
France, 2003-2004. Thesis title: “Le Secteur laitier en Turquie”.
Bachelor Degree in International Economics at the University of World Economy and
Diplomacy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 1998-2003. Thesis title: “The use of financial
derivatives for hedging risks in international financial operations”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. 2012-Present.
Junior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. 2009-2012.
Economist, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Central
Asia and Caucasus Office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 2006-2012 (2009-2012 on leave).
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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed
Mirzabaev A, Ahmed M, Werner J, Pender J, Louhaichi M. 2015. Rangelands of Central Asia:
challenges and opportunities. Journal of Arid Land, : doi: 10.1007/s40333-015-0057-5.
Mirzabaev, A., D. Guta, J. Goedecke, V. Gaur, J. Börner, D. Virchow, M. Denich and J. von
Braun. 2015. Bioenergy, food security and poverty reduction: trade-offs and synergies along
the water–energy–food security nexus. Water International, 1:19.
Mirzabaev, A., Nkonya, E., & von Braun, J. 2015. Economics of sustainable land
management. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 15: 9-19.
Mirzabaev A. 2013. Impacts of Weather Variability and Climate Change on Agricultural
Revenues in Central Asia. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 52 (3): 179-194.
Kiselev SV, Krasilnikov PV, Bryzhev AV, Mirzabaev A, Sorokin AS, Strokov AS. 2015. Economic
evaluation of degradation of agricultural lands due to land use change: a case study in Azov
district of Rostov province. Economics of agricultural and processing enteprises , 2015-1: 3438, (in Russian).
Kienzler K, Lamers J, McDonald A, Mirzabaev A, Ibragimov N, Egamberdiev O, Ruzibaev E and
Akramkhanov A, 2012. Conservation agriculture in Central Asia - what do we know and where
do we go from here?” Field Crops Research, 132, 95-105.
Nkonya E, Winslow M, Reed M, Mortimore M and Mirzabaev A, 2011. Monitoring and assessing
the influence of social, economic and policy factors on sustainable land management in
drylands, Land Degradation & Development, 22: 240–247
Vyshpolsky F, Mukhamedjanov K, Bekbaev U, Ibatullin S, Yuldashev T, Noble A, Mirzabaev A,
Aw-Hassan A and Qadir M, 2010. Optimizing the rate and timing of phosphogypsum
application to magnesium-affected soils for crop yield and water productivity enhancement,
Agricultural Water Management, 97 (9): 1277-1286.
Books and book chapters
Nkonya, E., Mirzabaev, A., & von Braun, J. Economics of land degradation and improvement—A
global assessment for sustainable development. Springer International Publishing.
doi, 10(1007), 978-3.
Mirzabaev A. 2013. Climate Volatility and Change in Central Asia: Economic Impacts and
Adaptation. Bonn, Univ., Diss. URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-32382
Qadir, M., F. Vyshpolsky, K. Mukhamedjanov, U. Bekbaev, S. Ibatullin, T. Yuldashev, A.D. Noble,
A. Karimov, A. Mirzabaev, and A. Aw-Hassan. 2013. Enhancing the productivity of highCV Alisher Mirzabaev
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magnesium soil and water resources in Central Asia. p. 465-474. In: L. Mueller, A. Saparov, and
G. Lischeid (Editors) Novel Measurement and Assessment Tools for Monitoring and
Management of Land and Water Resources in Agricultural Landscapes of Central Asia. Springer
International Publishing, Heidelberg, Germany.
Discussion and working papers
Von Braun, J., & Mirzabaev, A. (2015). Small farms: Changing structures and roles in economic
development (No. 204). ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy.
Guta, D., Jara, J., Adhikari, N., Qiu, C., Gaur, V. and A. Mirzabaev. 2015. Decentralized Energy in
Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus in Developing Countries: Case Studies on Successes and
Failures. (ZEF Discussion Papers 203)
Alisher Mirzabaev, Dawit Guta, Jann Goedecke, Varun Gaur, Jan Börner, Detlef Virchow,
Manfred Denich and Joachim von Braun. 2014. Bioenergy, Food Security and Poverty
Reduction: Mitigating Tradeoffs and Promoting Synergies Along the Water-Energy-Food
Security Nexus. ZEF Working Paper Series (135). Bonn, Germany.
Kirui O and Mirzabaev A. 2014. Economics of Land Degradation in Eastern Africa. ZEF Working
Paper 128.
Quang Bao Le, Ephraim Nkonya and Alisher Mirzabaev. 2014. Biomass Productivity-Based
Mapping of Global Land Degradation Hotspots. ZEF Discussion Paper 193.
Nkonya, E., von Braun, J., Mirzabaev, A., Le B, Kwon H, Kirui O, Gerber N, 2013. Economics of
Land Degradation Initiative: Methods and Approach for Global and National Assessments ZEFDiscussion Papers on Development Policy No. 183, Center for Development Research (ZEF),
Bonn, October 2013
von Braun, J, Gerber N, Mirzabaev A, Nkonya E. 2013. The Economics of Land Degradation. ZEF
Working paper 109. Bonn, Germany
Mirzabaev, A., and Tsegai, D., 2013. Effects of weather shocks on agricultural commodity prices
in Central Asia. ZEF Discussion paper 140769. Bonn, Germany
Other publications
Mirzabaev A, Livinets S, Martius C, Nichterlein K, 2009. Kyrgyzstan's National Agricultural
Research and Extension system: An Assessment of Information and Communication Needs.
Central Asia and the Caucasus Series No. 5. CGIAR-PFU, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Pender, J., A. Mirzabaev and E. Kato. 2009. Economic Analysis of Land Management Options in
Central Asia. Monograph. IFPRI-ICARDA. 148 pages
Christmann S, Martius C, Bedoshvili D, Bobojonov I, Carli C, Devkota K, Ibragimov Z, Khalikulov
Z, Kienzler K, Manthrithilake H, Mavlyanova R, Mirzabaev A, Nishanov A, Sharma R,
Tashpulatova B, Toderich K and Turdieva, M. 2009. Food Security and Climate Change in
Central Asia and the Caucasus, Discussion paper. CGIAR Program for Central Asia and the
Caucasus. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Gupta R, Kienzler K, Martius C, Mirzabaev A, Oweis T, de Pauw E, Qadir M, Shideed K, Sommer
R, Thomas R, Sayre K, Carli C, Saparov A, Bekenov M, Sanginov S, Nepesov M and Ikramov R,
2009. Research Prospectus: A Vision for Sustainable Land Management Research in Central
Asia. Central Asia and the Caucasus Series No.1. CGIAR-PFU, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Paroda, R, Beniwal S, Gupta R, Khalikulov Z and Mirzabaev A. (Editors). 2007. Expert
Consultation on Regional Research Needs Assessment in Central Asia and the Caucasus: From
Issues to Actions. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Mirzabaev, A. 2004. Les relations commerciales entre la Turquie et les pays turcophones:
Kazakhstan, Azerbaidjan, Turkmenistan, Ouzbekistan, Kirghizstan. Direction des Relations
Economique Extérieures de France. Mission Economique d’Istanbul.
For the impact assessments of my publications, see my Google Scholar Profile and ResearchGate
profile
AWARDS
Nils Westermarck Prize for Best Poster at the 29th tri-annual International Conference of
Agricultural Economists (ICAE) in Milan, Italy, on August 13, 2015, as a co-author to Oliver
Kirui in the paper on “Costs of Land Degradation in East Africa”.
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2013-2015 (inter-disciplinary courses): Center for Development Research (ZEF), University
of Bonn. Lectures on Economics of Land Degradation in the ZEF PhD Program. Bonn, Germany.
2010-summer: Tashkent State Agrarian University. Invited lecture on Climate change and
livestock production. UNDP project on livestock production in Uzbekistan. Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.
2008-summer: M.O.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University. Invited lecture on Economics
of phosphogypsum application to remediate degraded soils in Southern Kazakhstan. IWMIICARDA-ICBA project on Bright Spots Approach to Combatting Land Degradation. Shymkent,
Kazakhstan.
PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS (selective)
“Economics of Land Degradation: Methods and Approaches”, 2nd Global Soil Week, Berlin
Germany, 27-31 October, 2013.
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“Assessment of the impact of climate change in Central Asia”, Annual Conference of the German
Development Economics Research Committee, The Verein für Socialpolitik, Munich, Germany,
21-22 June 2013.
“Addressing climate change and land degradation through sustainable land management in
Central Asia”, 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference in Bonn, Germany, 9-12 April, 2013.
“Impact of Climate Change on Central Asia,” PhD Workshop at Leibnitz Institute of Agricultural
Development in Central and Eastern Europe. Halle, Germany. 2011.
“Impact of Climate Change on Central Asia,” Workshop on climate change in Central Asia
organized by International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Aleppo,
Syria, 2011.
“Sustainable Land Management in the context of Climate Change: some experiences from
Central Asia”. Conference on Sustainable Land Management in the Highlands of Asia organized
by World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Shangri-La, China. 2009.
“Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Tajikistan”, Expert contribution to World Food
Program workshop in Cairo, Egypt. 2008.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Edited quarterly newsletter “CGIAR in Central Asia and the Caucasus” in English and Russian
languages
Produced numerous public relations materials such as brochures, booklets, posters and videos.
Organized several dozens of workshops, seminars and public events.
QUANTITATIVE SKILLS
Good knowledge of cross-sectional and panel data analysis using Stata, including panel
cointegration. Experience working with very large datasets. Have applied in own research
discrete response models, sample selection models, panel data models and panel cointegration
techniques.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, French, Russian, Turkish, German (basic), Uzbek (native)
PERSONAL DATA
Born on 27th of November 1980, Male, Married with two daughters, Uzbek citizen
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