From 1986 to 2003 he worked at the Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agricultural Production of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences; 2003 to 2007 as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics of the Tajik Agrarian University; 2007 to 2011 as Director of the Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agricultural Production of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences; 2011 to 2014 as the head of the department of agriculture and land use of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan; November 2014 to January 2017 as the Head of the Depar

Zheng Haixia is a professor at the Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), and a researcher at the Centre for International Agricultural Research (CIAR), CAAS. She is also senior advisor to the International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IRPCC).