Faig Mammadov


Faig Ismail oglu Mammadov was an Azerbaijani public figure and scientist, doctor of agricultural sciences, and professor. His scientific research was mainly connected with cotton seed-farming, the methods of preparing seed for sowing, and the study of sowing systems. He was the author of many fundamental and applied works, textbooks, monographs and other dozens of books, and about 50 articles regarding cotton seed farming. His education programs on general agriculture continue to be used at universities today.

Life

Faig Ismail oglu Mammadov was born in Kirovabad of Azerbaijan SSR on November 27, 1929. He started school in 1936 and went to Ganja city school No. 5 named after M.A. Sabir, and finished with the award of a gold medal in 1946. In the same year, he entered the faculty of "Fruit-vegetable growing and wine-growing" in Azerbaijan State Agricultural University. He graduated from the university with honours in 1951 and started to work as a professor and agronomist.
In 1959, he was invited by the Azerbaijan government to be the chief of the head department of selection and seed production in the Ministry of Agriculture. He became the chief of the main department for staff training of that ministry in 1960. He was elected as secretary of the party committee of ASAU. In 1969, he was also elected as a member of the Ganja city council. Mammadov died at the age of 58 on August 4, 1987 in Ganja.

Education and career

He began studies in the postgraduate course of the ASAU in 1951, and started research on his Master's dissertation under the direction of Professor N.I. Malov. He completed the course in 1954 and gained the position of Assistant at the ASAU in 1955. He was conferred the academic degree of Candidate of Agricultural Sciences by the Supreme Attestation Commission under the USSR Ministry of Higher Education in 1957.
Mammadov was one of the main authors in large scale, comprehensive research on centralized delintering, assortment, calibration, and processing of cottonseed with different preparations.
He became associate professor by the decision of Supreme Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Vocational Education of the USSR in 1962. He was a doctoral candidate at the Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy in 1964-1966. At the ASAU, he was head of the department for general husbandry, dean of the faculty, and pro-rector on postal tuition.
He was awarded a doctorate in agricultural sciences by the Supreme Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR in 1974. He was appointed as a professor in the annual open board of Supreme Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR, and thus became the first Azerbaijani professor in husbandry.
Mammadov was the scientific secretary of scientific council on doctoral dissertation defense of Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences from 1980 until his death.
Mammadov was posthumously honoured with the silver medal of the All-Union Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy in 1988.

Commemoration

The 70th birth anniversary of Mammadov was commemorated with the support of Azerbaijan State Agricultural University named after Samad Agha Aghamalioglu and the Association of Azerbaijani intellectuals. In that year, the department of agriculture of the Academy was named after its former chief Mammadov, and a scholarship was established in his name for students with high academic performance and who are active in public affairs, by the decision of the Scientific Council of ASAU.
One of the streets in Ganja, where he was born, raised, and where he had dedicated the main part of his life to academic-pedagogical activity, was named for Mammadov to perpetuate his memory, by order of the head of Ganja Executive Power Eldar Azizov in 2005.

Awards

  1. 1980- Honorary title “Honoured agronomist of Azerbaijan SSR” for his contribution to the preparation of highly qualified specialists, to the development of agriculture in accordance with the decree of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR, dated 16 December.
  2. 1957- Medal for participation in the All-Union Exhibition of Agriculture
  3. 1969- Certificate of Appreciation by “Zvanie” society of Azerbaijan SSR
  4. 1970- Certificate of Honour of editorial board of daily “Ekonomicheskaya gazeta” of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  5. 1973- “Socialist competition winner” award
  6. 1974- Agriculture and Trade Union Republican Committee of procurement workers of the board of the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan SSR
  7. 1974- Certificate of Honour of Azerbaijan Central Committee of the Leninist Communist Youth Organization
  8. 1987- Silver medal of All-Union Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy

    Published works

  9. Investigation of assorting and sowing of bare cotton seed- Scientific report of 1952.
  10. Technique of assortment and sowing of bare cotton seed - Proceeding ASAU, T 1, 1954
  11. The study of efficiency on some methods of preparation of cotton seed for sowing. - Proceeding ASAU, T. 4, 1957.
  12. The study of efficiency on some methods of preparation of cotton seed for sowing. - Topography of Kirovabad, Author's abstract, 1957
  13. Experiences on planting calibrated cotton seeds.- J."Khlоpкоvоdstvо”, No 2, 1957
  14. The study of efficiency on some methods of preparation of cotton seed for planting. - Academy of Sciences of Uzbek SSR, research scientific work on cotton growing. Tashkent, 1958
  15. System of agriculture and organization of territories with collective and state farm control. – Proceedings of ASAU series agronomic No 3, 1965
  16. Agrotechnical bases of assortment and calibration of cotton seed. – Proceedings of ASAU, series agronomic No 5, 1965
  17. Comparative investigation of cotton seed planting efficiency bore with chemical and mechanical methods. Materials of scientific conference. Agricultural universities of Transcaucasia. Proceedings of ASAU, series agronomic No 2, 1966
  18. New data on the planting date of cotton. – Proceedings of ASAU, series agronomic No 1, 1967
  19. The study of efficiency on planting cotton seed, bared through different methods. – Proceedings of ASAU, series agronomic No 1, 1967
  20. Comparative investigation of efficiency on planting cotton seed, in heavy soil conditions of Western Shirvan, bared through different methods. – Scientific proceedings of Agricultural University of Arm. – Materials of scientific joint sessions of agricultural universities of Transcaucasia. – Yerevan, 1967
  21. Planting dates of cotton seeds, bared through different methods for planting in heavy soil conditions of Western Shirvan. – Proceedings of ASAU, series argonomic No 2, 1967
  22. Biological and economic variation of cotton in the different planting conditions in introduction. – Proceedings of ASAU, series agronomic No 2, 1967
  23. The most important element in cotton production techniques - Printing house of ASAU. 1968, prof. N.I. Malov
  24. The reasons of heterogeneity of cotton seed. Proceedings of ASAU, series agronomic No 3, 1969
  25. The new progressive method of preparation technique for cotton seed for planting. – Certificate for innovation proposal No 4, 1970, issued by ASAU.
  26. Weed plant and measures against them – teaching aid, Printing house of ASAU
  27. Basics of agronomy. – Guidelines on the laboratory practical classes. – Printing house of ASAU, 1972
  28. Production concern of planting cotton seed, different at germinating ability of seeds. – Proceeding of ASAU, series agronomic No 2, 1973
  29. Environmental requirements for cotton seed growing - Proceeding of ASAU, series agronomic No 2, 1973
  30. Sources of decreasing cotton seed quality in Azerbaijan and ways of improvements – Materials of ASAU, edition 1, series agronomic, 1973
  31. Aggregate for preparation of cotton seed for planting. - Certificate for innovation proposal No 158, issued by Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan SSR, 25.09.1974 Baku
  32. Biological characteristics of cotton seeds - Printing house of ASAU, 1974,
  33. Scientific basis of the system of centralized preparation of cotton seed for planting - Abstract of doctoral thesis, Baku, 1974
  34. Methodology of experimentation – Guidelines. Printing house ASAU, 1975
  35. Irrigated agriculture. – Methodical guidelines, Printing house of ASAU, 1977
  36. The program of practical training on agriculture. – Printing house of ASAU, 1977
  37. Agriculture. - Methodical guidelines. Printing house of ASAU, 1977
  38. Design change of coulter of all-crop pneumatic seeder – 4-6 Certificate for innovation proposal No 128, issued by ASAU 29.12.77
  39. Recommendations on bared through sulphuric-acid process, sorted by specific gravity and calibrated cotton seed - Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan SSR March 1978, Baku,
  40. Precision drilling. – Calendar of agriculturist. Edition of Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan SSR 1978 Baku
  41. Some information on the selection work of the department of cotton farming. – proceedings of ASAU, issue 4, series agronomic, 1978
  42. Cannot burn stubble - Kend hayati, No 7, 1980, Baku
  43. Living conditions of agricultural plants and ways to settle them in agriculture – Kirovabad city, 1984
  44. The system of soil treatment under the different agricultural crops. – Printing house of ASAU
  45. Program of practical training. Printing house of ASAU, 1985
  46. Methodology of experimentation. Book on laboratory practical classes. - Printing house of ASAU, 1985
  47. Improvement of manure spreader for introduction of local organic manure in row spacing of vineyard
  48. Improvements of noninversing plow for the cultivation of row spacing of vineyard. - Certificate for innovation proposal No 8-86 from 15.05.86, issued by rectorate of ASAU
  49. New technological line of sulphuric acid denudation of cotton seed - Annotated catalogue of completed research scientific work, recommended for the implementation in agricultural production, Kirovabad, 1987. Copyright certificate No 1183572 from 07.10.1985
  50. Technology on pre-sowing treatment of cotton seeds by sulphuric acid stripper. – Annotated catalogue of completed research scientific work, recommended for the implementation in agricultural production, Kirovabad, 1987.
  51. Recommendations on stripping, sorting, calibration and precision drilling of cotton seed. – State Agriculture Committee of Azerbaijan SSR, department of polygraphy. Baku, 1987