AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoAgricultural Innovation: ICBA Director General Tarifa Alzaabi received Uzbekistan’s “Leader of Innovative Ideas” badge at InnoWeek 2026—the first recipient from outside the country. ICBA’s work with local partners aims to develop crops and farming systems suited to degraded, saline land in Karakalpakstan. AI and Cybersecurity: At an Astana summit, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed a regional UN counter-terrorism office in Uzbekistan to help detect online extremist content, financing and AI-enabled threats. A separate SCO dialogue in Samarkand brought together more than 180 security representatives to discuss digital risks and protect critical infrastructure. Digital Infrastructure: Beeline Uzbekistan has opened a data centre in Bukhara, while Uzbekistan and Oracle discussed cloud infrastructure and AI cooperation. Critical Minerals: Rosatom is developing a technology to extract lithium from an Uzbek deposit, as the country also plans to double uranium production to 15,000 tonnes a year by 2030. Innovation Showcase: InnoWeek featured advances in robotics, aviation and clean energy.
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