Termez State University (TerSU) delivered community-facing educational outreach on the sustainable management of agricultural land in Surkhandarya during 2025. The University’s free educational support connected local farmers, smallholders and other community participants with practical guidance on soil conservation, efficient irrigation, sustainable crop production and environmentally responsible land-use practices.
1 Programme profile and community access
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Programme attribute |
Institutional provision |
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Primary audience |
Local farmers, smallholders, agricultural entrepreneurs and other interested community members |
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Access |
Free community education and outreach |
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Forms of delivery |
Seminars, practical field learning, demonstrations and expert guidance |
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Educational focus |
Soil fertility, water efficiency, salinity control, organic soil inputs and sustainable cropping |
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University units |
Ecology and Soil Science and other relevant natural-sciences research and teaching units |
Educational content offered to agricultural communities
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Training area |
Practical knowledge and application |
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Soil health and land restoration |
Soil fertility assessment; maintaining soil quality; reducing soil erosion and degradation. |
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Water-efficient farming |
Drip irrigation; efficient water use and field-level irrigation management in arid conditions. |
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Salinity and climate resilience |
Managing soil salinity; adapting agricultural practices to drought and local climate conditions. |
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Organic and regenerative practices |
Use of biohumus and biofertilisers; crop rotation and improvement of soil organic matter. |
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Sustainable crop protection |
Environmentally responsible pest management and better agronomic decisions. |
The University links these educational themes with its Sustainable Agro-Land initiative, experimental plots and scientific expertise. Demonstration-based teaching allows community participants to examine land-management methods that are relevant to the semi-arid farming environment of southern Uzbekistan.
Practical outreach and knowledge transfer
TerSU makes applied expertise available to agricultural communities through farmer-oriented seminars and field demonstrations, alongside advisory access to its scientific and laboratory infrastructure. Its public institutional reports describe training in sustainable cultivation, soil improvement, safe crop protection and water-saving agricultural technologies.
The University’s research and training infrastructure supports the interpretation of soil conditions, plant physiological responses and agronomic risks. In community outreach, this expertise is translated into practical guidance on fertilisation choices, water management and production methods suitable for local agricultural land.
Documented scale and reported agricultural outcomes
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Reported measure |
Value |
Reporting scope |
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Farming enterprises accessing university laboratories and experimental facilities |
More than 30 |
Cumulative institutional results across recent years |
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Reported yield improvement among collaborating farms applying university recommendations |
5–10% |
Cumulative institutional reporting; not a 2025-only measure |
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Community teaching access in 2025 |
Free of charge |
Institutionally confirmed programme provision |
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Primary modes of agricultural learning |
Seminars · field sessions · demonstrations |
Community education and advisory outreach |
The figures above describe the wider scale of TerSU’s farmer-facing knowledge transfer. The more-than-30-farm and 5–10% figures are institutional results reported over recent years, rather than annual totals attributed solely to 2025. The 2025 outreach programme continues this established model of community education.
Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG |
Contribution from community education |
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SDG 15 - Life on Land |
Sustainable land use, soil conservation, reduced degradation and more resilient agroecosystems. |
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SDG 2 - Zero Hunger |
Agronomic knowledge for sustainable cultivation, productivity and food-system resilience. |
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SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation |
Water-saving agricultural practices and efficient irrigation. |
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SDG 13 - Climate Action |
Farmer knowledge on salinity, drought resilience and adaptation to semi-arid conditions. |