On 23 March of this year, the management of Nukus branch of Tashkent State Agrarian University met with Togashi Satoshi, Associate Pro fessor of Chiba University (Japan). The Japanese scientist arrived in the country in order to conduct practical classes with undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students to develop economic and scientific rationale for the use of Japanese varieties of rare and sweet potatoes on the territory of the Republic. Then a meeting with doctoral students of Tashkent State Agrarian University with a presentation on “Scientific Research in Desert Ecosystems” was held.

In the afternoon there was a meeting with 2-3-year students of “Forestry” with a lecture on “Land degradation and combating desertification”