On May 15-16, 2024, the 30^th Annual International Conference "Research for Rural Development 2024" organized by the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LBTU) was successfully held.

The conference comprised two segments: the main conference, hosted by LBTU in Latvia on May 15-16, 2024, and a joint section held at the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology (TICT), which was web-streamed as part of the conference program. According to a Memorandum of Understanding, LBTU and TICT agreed to co-organize the joint section within the conference framework. Participation in the joint section was exclusive to participants from TICT. 

The conference brought together scientists from several countries to present their research papers. A total of 52 studies were presented at the main conference, and 8 studies were presented online by representatives of the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology. The interdisciplinary research covered various topics, including rural development, health, innovations, forestry, machine learning, regional economics, social science, entrepreneurship, animal production, information and communication technologies, veterinary medicine, and education.

The conference organizing team extends its gratitude to the employees of the IT and Scientific Equipment Centre for their excellent technical support, and to the chairpersons of the conference sections: Z. Vītoliņa, G. Mazure, R. Silakalne, I. Straupe, A. Vintere, I. Janpavle, A. Kļaviņš, and S. Shakhnoza for their effective organization and management of the sections.