On June 11, 2020, Khazar University and the Azerbaijan State Agrarian University (ASAU), as well as the Fruit and Tea Production Academic-Research Institute (ARI), jointly initiated an online scientific-practical Conference on “The Current Condition and Development of Tea Production in Azerbaijan”. During the event Associate Professor Asaf Omarov, Head of the Life Sciences Department at Khazar University, Department’s Associate Professor Javid Ojaghi; Professor Ibrahim Jafarov, Rector of ADAU and Corresponding Member of ANAS; Tofig Rzayev, Head of the Department of “Organization and Monitoring of Fruit growing, Viticulture” at the Ministry of Agriculture; Dr. Vahid Aliyev, Fruit and Tea Production Deputy Director at ARI; Ilgar Hasanov, Head of the “Crop Production” Department of the Lankaran State Agrarian Development Center; representatives of Astara Tea LLC and Beta company and other specialists delivered speeches. At the Conference, Khazar University’s Associate Professor Javid Ojaghi delivered talk on “Tea research in Azerbaijan”. At the event, the joint research between Khazar University and ASAU and other institutes on tea production was also discussed.

Furthermore, the priority areas of state support for tea production, the history and development trends of tea production in the world and in Azerbaijan, the improvement of the regulatory framework in this field, the application of innovative technologies in tea production and processing and other issues were discussed.