Currently, together with the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, work is successfully underway to restore soil fertility in the Aral Sea region.

The main directions include cultivating salt-tolerant crops and introducing advanced irrigation technologies in cotton production.

Issues discussed at the meeting included combating soil salinization and desertification, developing water-saving technologies, creating drought-resistant plant varieties, increasing soil fertility, and the prospects for joint projects in remote monitoring and agricultural biotechnologies.