Adoption of integrated water resources management principles and its impacts: lessons from Ferghana Valley

The Ferghana Valley Project, initiated in 2001, has promoted institutional change in the post-Soviet irrigation sector in this part of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. This paper presents the short-term (5-year) impacts of integrated water resources management project activities focused on wat...

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Published in:Water international 2009-06, Vol.34 (2), p.230-241
Main Authors: Abdullaev, Iskandar, Kazbekov, Jusipbek, Jumaboev, Kahramon, Manthritilake, Herath
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canals
Crops
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Ferghana Valley
governance
Hydrology. Hydrogeology
Indicators
integrated water resources management
Irrigation
Kyrgyzstan
Management
Performance assessment
Post-communism
Productivity
Resource management
South Ferghana Canal
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Valleys
Water management
Water resources
water user participation
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Summary:The Ferghana Valley Project, initiated in 2001, has promoted institutional change in the post-Soviet irrigation sector in this part of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. This paper presents the short-term (5-year) impacts of integrated water resources management project activities focused on water user participation in the South Ferghana Canal of Ferghana Province in Uzbekistan on irrigation water delivery and crop productivity. Irrigation performance assessment indicators indicate only slight improvements in water delivery and crop yields. Although water was important, larger changes in the agricultural sector of Uzbekistan dominated outcomes in this relatively short time span.
ISSN:0250-8060
1941-1707
DOI:10.1080/02508060902843710