Egamberdiyev Bexzod Baxodirovich

Dr. Bekhzod Egamberdiev is a researcher and academic specializing in agricultural and development economics, with expertise in resilience, food security, and rural livelihoods. His research focuses on household coping strategies, agricultural policy, and gender-sensitive approaches in Central Asia and beyond. With professional experience across Uzbekistan, Germany, and India, he combines teaching, research, and policy engagement to address global agricultural challenges.

PhD in Agricultural Economics – Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Halle (Saale), Germany (2019–Current, defense expected Feb 2025)

M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics – University of Hohenheim, Germany (2012–2015)

MBA in Business Administration – MIT-School of Management, University of Pune, India (2007–2009)

BBA in Finance – Tashkent State Technical University, Uzbekistan (2003–2006)

Diploma of Exact Science – Academic Lyceum under Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration, Uzbekistan (1999–2002)

Senior Researcher, German-Uzbek Chair on Central Asian Agricultural Economics, International Agriculture University, Uzbekistan (2023–Present)

Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs and Research, International Agriculture University, Tashkent (2014–2024)

Deputy Dean (Teaching & Learning), Westminster International University in Tashkent (2017–2018)

Head of Economics Subject Area, Westminster International University in Tashkent (2016–2018)

Economics Lecturer, Westminster International University in Tashkent (2015–2018)

Lecturer, Tashkent State University of Economics (2009–2012)

Food security and household resilience

Agricultural economics and rural development

Social capital and gender in agriculture

Agricultural extension services

Development policy and rural livelihoods in Central Asia

1. Egamberdiev, B., Bobojonov, I., Kuhn, L., Glauben, T., Akramov, K. (2024). Household Resilience and Coping Strategies to Food Insecurity: An Empirical Analysis from Tajikistan. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 1–16.
2. Egamberdiev, B. (2024). Social capital effects on resilience to food insecurity: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan. Journal of International Development, 36(1), 435–450.
3. Egamberdiev, B., Bobojonov, I., Kuhn, L., Glauben, T. (2023). Household resilience capacity and food security: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan. Food Security, 15, 967–988.
4. Hermanussen, H., Loy, J-P., Egamberdiev, B. (2022). Determinants of Food Waste from Household Food Consumption: A Case Study from Germany. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 14253.
5. Egamberdiev, B. (2021). Household Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Development Economics Perspective. Regional Science Inquiry, 0(1), 15–30.

(Additional working papers and manuscripts under review in ERAE, Food Security, Feminist Economics, Agrecon, and others.)

Household resilience and coping strategies to food insecurity in Tajikistan (2023–2024)

UNIWORK Project – Career centers in Central Asia HEIs, TEMPUS (2016–2017)

Research Methods Module Development – UNESCO-UNITWIN, South Korea (2016–2017)

Qualitative survey on recruitment in seasonal agriculture in Uzbekistan (2018)

Life in Kyrgyzstan Conference, Bishkek (2024)

IFPRI Seminar, Dushanbe (2024)

IAMO Forum 2023, Halle (2023)

Tropentag Conference, Prague (2022)

Society for Economic and Social Sciences of Agriculture Annual Meeting, University of Hohenheim (2022)

IAMO Forum 2020, Halle (2020)

Outstanding Performance in Teaching and Research, Westminster International University in Tashkent (2017)