Aksana Zakirova

Aksana Zakirova


Doctoral Researcher

Aksana has grounded knowledge of major development problems in the Central Asian agricultural sector. Her research is on agricultural transformations in rural Tajikistan, with a particular focus on cotton production. Building on her past work experience in rural Kyrgyzstan and her knowledge of the Russian language, Aksana is a great asset to the research group. 

Aksana Zakirova


Doctoral Researcher

Aksana has grounded knowledge of major development problems in the Central Asian agricultural sector. Her research is on agricultural transformations in rural Tajikistan, with a particular focus on cotton production. Building on her past work experience in rural Kyrgyzstan and her knowledge of the Russian language, Aksana is a great asset to the research group. 

Research Interests


  • Agricultural transformations
  • Community development
  • Value chain analyses of aquaculture production
  • Climate change impacts on aquaculture production
  • Central Asia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic





Education & Training



2014-2017

Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany

Thesis: Value chain analysis of rainbow trout and carp fish species in the Kyrgyz Republic



2011-2014

Bachelor of Science in Economics, Osh State University, Kyrgyzstan



2005-2001

Specialist in Linguistics, Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistics, University, Russia





Work Experience


2018-2019

Community Development Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO UN)

Project: Towards Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in the Kyrgyz Republic



2018-2018

Consultant on Climate Change, FAO UN

Project: Towards Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in the Kyrgyz Republic



2017-2017

​​​Intern on Climate Change, FAO UN



2011-2014

Communication Facilitator/Project Management Assistant, FAO UN






Publications

Zakirova, Aksana; Alff, Henryk & Matthias Schmidt (accepted): Is the new path a modified old path? Smallholder farmers’ perspectives to cotton farming in Khatlon, Tajikistan. Central Asian Affairs. Special issue on ‘Life in the Province: Socioeconomic and Cultural Transformations outside the Capital Cities – A ‘Global Province’ in Central Asia’


Zakirova, Aksana; Alff, Henryk and Matthias Schmidt (2023): Cash crop or food crop? Socioeconomic and geopolitical factors affecting smallholder farmer crop selection in times of crisis in southwestern Tajikistan", Frontiers in Agronomy. DOI: 10.3389/fagro.2023.1228165.

Spies, M.; Zuberi, M.; Mählis, M.; Zakirova, A.; Alff, H.; Raab, C. (2022) Towards a participatory systems approach to managing complex bioeconomy interventions in the agrarian sector. Sustainable Production and Consumption.

PDF  | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.03.020


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