On December 26, a joint meeting of the Scientific Council of the Biological and Medical Sciences Division (BMSD) and Lankaran Regional Scientific Center (LRSC) was held in Lankaran city.

At the event chaired by academician Ahliman Amiraslanov, members of the BMSD Bureau and LRSC Scientific Council, heads and specialists of the Ministry of Agriculture and relevant local organizations, as well as the leadership of Lankaran City Executive Power participated in the event.

Academician Ahliman Amiraslanov opened the meeting with introductory remarks and familiarized the participants with the agenda.

Director of LRSC, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Farman Guliyev gave a presentation on the results of the scientific and scientific-organizational activities of the Center in 2018. The reporter said that in the reporting year cooperation with several scientific research institutes of Iran was established. He also added that some agreements were reached to develop specialists in the fields of agriculture, soil science, biochemistry, tea, olive, and citrus, as well as to establish and develop scientific and technical cooperation.

Discussions were held after the report was listened. Academician Ahliman Amiraslanov spoke about the scientific directions and theme plans of Lankaran RSC for the coming years and emphasized the importance of joint research with Lankaran State University in this area. Noting the need for local cadres, the academician spoke about the tasks facing the institutions in this direction.

Academician Garib Mammadov, agronomy adviser of ANAS delivered a report on interactive electronic land and electronic ecological price maps of geographical information systems. He noted that it is important to establish a system for land-based land management and land-based access to land-based resources, as well as background information on geographical information.

Vice-President of ANAS, Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Academician Irada Huseynova, Rector of Lankaran State University, Doctor of Mathematics, Professor Natig Ibrahimov, Director of Botany Institute, academician Valida Alizadeh, Director of the Institute of Genetic Resources, Corresponding Member of ANAS Zeynal Akperov, director of the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, corresponding member of ANAS Alovsat Guliyev, director of the Dendrology Institute, corresponding member of ANAS Tofig Mammadov, correspondent member of ANAS Elshad Gurbanov, director of Institute of Physiology Dr. in biology Ulduz Hashimova, acting director of Central Botanical Garden Ph.D. in Biology Vahid Farzaliyev, Director of the Institute of Zoology, Ph.D. in Physics-Mathematics Elman Yusifov and others spoke about the works of the institutes.

Following the discussions, a decision was made to approve the scientific and scientific-organizational activities of the scientific center in 2018 and submit it to the annual report of the Academy.

At the end of the event, academician Garib Mammadov and correspondent member of ANAS Tofig Mammadov donated their works to LRSC.

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