Partner Background

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  Partner Background:
  

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  Where is the partner from? (Tashkent state agrarian university)
  
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  What is their region or home like? (Tashkent city Mirzo Ulugbek district)
  
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  What is their family background? (It is an educated family. My wife is a doctor, My daughter is an entrepreneur. My son is student.)
  
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  Why did they decide to pursue an agricultural business? (Because Uzbekistan is agro industrial country it means there are a lot of opportunities in this sector for doing business.)
  

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  USAID/ AVC Background:
  

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  How did we become acquainted with the partner? (We met him at the one of the conference of USAID for farmers, exporter, and scientist)
  
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  Why did we select this person/business to work with? (One of the main purposes of USAID is to develop science and education in this sphere, In this case university personals are best option for doing cooperation)
  
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  What were their key challenges when we met them? (The lack of well educated, high qualified scientist in this sector )
  

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  Uzbek Policy / Market Background
  
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  AVC-supported business upgrades:
  

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  What assistance has AVC provided them? (As we professor of university, AVC has been assisting in this sector, It has supported for organizing conference, publishing new textbooks, purchasing new laboratory equipments, organizing foreign country visit)
  
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  What have they changed about their business thanks to AVC support? (AVC gave us many opportunities especially learning many foreign experience)
  
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  What have they invested in? (It has invested for organizing conference, publishing new textbooks, purchasing new laboratory equipments, building cold storage facility, organizing foreign country visit)
  
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  Have they entered any new lines of business? (It gave opportunity to find foreign intercessors.)
  

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  Results:
  

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  How many new people do they employ now?
  
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  How much did they invest?
  
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  How much did their sales volume or price increase in the last year?
  
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  Are they exporting to new markets?
  

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  Impact:
  

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  What is the larger impact on their community? (the biggest impact finding optimal solution for any tough tasks and problems.)
  
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  On their family? (Through the taking support from AVC, saving financial condition well.)