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1 Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Abdullaev, Iskandar; Anarbekov, Oyture; Jumaboev, Kahramon. 2007. Improved water management through effective water users associations in Central Asia: Case of Kyrgyzstan. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: IWMI. 26p.
Water management ; Irrigation canals ; Water user associations ; Water distribution ; Water delivery ; Equity ; Water rates ; User charges / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G774 KAZ Record No: H040650)
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Continuous institutional changes in the rural sector in Central Asia have negatively affected the reforms and the development of other related sectors, e.g. the irrigation sector. Therefore, reforms in the irrigation sector have been carried out in an ever changing and uncertain environment. Institutional changes have so far been aimed the farm level that was formerly managed by collective and state farms. Replacement of relatively few collective farms by thousands of individual farming units has resulted in chaos and anarchy in water management at on farm level. Water Users Associations (WUAs) were introduced in Kyrgyzstan to better organize farm level water management. The key questions concerning WUAs in Kyrgyzstan at present are: Do they provide better service for farmers in delivering water? Do irrigation services result in good crop yields? Are they financially viable? In order to answer these questions, the irrigation performance of four WUAs located within one main canal area in Osh province of Kyrgyzstan were assessed for the period 2003-2005. The analysis indicates that in spite of intense international support, WUAs in the study area were performing relatively poorly on irrigation service provision. However, there are signs of improvement, such as increasing water productivity, reduced water use and improved financial sustainability. The Kyrgyz experience on transformation of on-farm level water management from collective farms to WUAs can provide good examples for neighboring countries, e.g. Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, where agricultural restructuring has only started recently.
2 Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Anarbekov, Oyture; Manthrithilake, Herath; Jumabaev, Kakhramon; Tashmatov, Alisher; Mosin, Konstantin; Yusupova, Ikbal; Gunchinmaa, Tumur; Karimov, Akmal; Sabirova, Diloram. 2007. The Regional Knowledge Fair on Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia, Kyrgyz. National Drama Theater, Osh city, Kyrgyz Republic, 7-8 September, 2007. Report of a Knowledge fair organized by IWMI and Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination in Central Asia (SIC-ICWC). Funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) 41p.
Water use efficiency ; Social participation ; Canals ; Productivity ; Water user associations ; Institutional development ; Conferences ; Exhibitions ; Farmers ; Irrigation management / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Kyrgyzstan / Ferghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G782 KAZ Record No: H040653)
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3 Nizamedinkhodjayeva, Nargiza; Anarbekov, Oyture; Jumabaev, Kahramon. 2007. IWRM-Ferghana Project: Proceedings of the workshop for consensus building amongst the key stakeholders within a new institutional set-up of water management. Proceedings for consensus building workshops, held amongst the key stakeholders of South Ferghana Canal (SFC), Aravan Akbura Canal (AAC) and Khodjabakigan canal (KBC), between 18 July and 22 July, 2007 within the framework of the ‘Integrated Water Resources Management Project in the Ferghana Valley’ Project (IWRMFV Project) 25p.
Irrigated farming ; Cotton ; Canals ; Maintenance ; Water distribution ; Water users ; Water user associations ; Water allocation ; Conflict ; Agreements / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Kyrgyzstan / Ferghana / Andijan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G782 NIZ Record No: H040654)
4 Manthrithilake, Herath; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Anarbekov, Oyture; Jumabaev, Kahramon. 2008. Improving water resources management in the Ferghana valley through IWRM guidelines. Paper presented at the Central Asian International Scientific Practical Conference “Towards 5th World Water Forum”, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 28-29 May 2008. 5p.
Water resource management ; Canals ; Participatory management ; Water users ; Water user associations ; Farmers / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041873)
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5 Anarbekov, Oyture; Manthrithilake, Herath; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Jumabaev, Kahramon. 2008. Asset management concept for water user associations. Paper presented at the Central Asian International Scientific Practical Conference “Towards 5th World Water Forum”, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 28-29 May 2008. 4p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041875)
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6 Jumaboev, Kahramon; Anarbekov, Oyture; William, B.; Manthrithilake, Herath. 2009. An approach to water user associations in Tajikistan (Draft). [Final project report on the national WUA concept, prepared by IWMI, Tashkent, Uzbekistan at the request of WUA Support Unit of the Ministry of Melioration and Water Resources of Tajikistan and the FAO Office in Tajikistan]. 16p.
Water user associations ; Institution building ; Capacity building ; Empowerment ; Legal aspects / Tajikistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042571)
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7 Karimov, Akmal; Yakubov, Murat; Noble, Andrew; Jumabaev, Kahramon; Anarbekov, Oyture; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Mirzaev, N.; Alimdjanov, A. 2010. Alternative water allocation in Kyrgyzstan: lessons from the Lower Colorado River Basin and New South Wales. Water, 2:510-529. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w2030510]
Water allocation ; Models ; River basins ; Irrigation requirements ; Reservoirs ; Case studies / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Australia / USA / Lower Colorado River basin / Akbura River Basin / Texas / New South Wales
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043191)
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Focus group discussions and a modeling approach were applied to determine policy and regulatory refinements for current water allocation practices in Kyrgyzstan. Lessons from the Lower Colorado River basin, Texas and New South Wales, Australia were taken into consideration. The paper analyzes the impact of adopting some of these interventions within the socio-environmental context that currently prevails in Kyrgyzstan. The optimization model for water distribution at the river-basin scale was developed using GAMS 2.25 software. Application of the model to the Akbura River basin indicated efficiencies in the proposed institutional rules especially in low water years.
8 Anarbekov, Oyture; Jumaboev, Kahramon; Wichelns, Dennis. 2010. Two-part tariff - irrigation pricing alternative for water user associations in Central Asia. [Abstract only] In Regional Research Network "Water in Central Asia" (CAWa). International Scientific Symposium, Water in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 24-26 November 2010. Volume of abstracts. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Regional Research Network "Water in Central Asia" (CAWa) pp.20.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043467)
http://www.fp6.cawater-info.net/library/eng/2010_cawa_symposium_abstract_en.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043467.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043467.pdf
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9 Jumaboev, Kahramon; Eshmuratov, Davron; Anarbekov, Oyture. 2010. Opportunities for improved water productivity on-farm level in the selected farms along South Ferghana Canal. [Abstract only] In Regional Research Network, Water in Central Asia (CAWa). International Scientific Symposium, Water in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 24-26 November 2010. Volume of abstracts. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Regional Research Network, Water in Central Asia (CAWa) pp.32.
Irrigated farming ; Agricultural production ; Irrigation water ; Water productivity ; Models / Central Asia / Ferghana Canal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043468)
http://www.fp6.cawater-info.net/library/eng/2010_cawa_symposium_abstract_en.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043468.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043468.pdf
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10 Anarbekov, Oyture; Pinkhasov, M. 2010. Business plan and its role in development of water management organizations. In Russian. In Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Efficient Agricultural Water Use and Tropical Issues in Land Reclamation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 10-11 November 2010. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SANIIRI) 10p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043488)
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11 Wichelns, Dennis; Anarbekov, Oyture; Jumaboev, Kahramon; Manthrithilake, Herath. 2010. Irrigation pricing alternatives for water user associations in Central Asia. In Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Efficient Agricultural Water Use and Tropical Issues in Land Reclamation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 10-11 November 2010. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SANIIRI) 14p.
Irrigation water ; Pricing ; Water user associations ; Cost recovery ; Water use efficiency / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Ferghana Valley / Akbarabad / Isan / Ovchi-Qalacha
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H043489)
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12 Jumaboev, Kahramon; Eshmuratov, Davron; Reddy, Junna Mohan; Anarbekov, Oyture; Kazbekov, Jusipbek. 2010. Prediction of improved water productivity on-farm level in the selected cotton farms of Fergana and Andijan Provinces of Uzbekistan. In Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Efficient Agricultural Water Use and Tropical Issues in Land Reclamation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 10-11 November 2010. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SANIIRI) pp.12-16.
Irrigated farming ; Water productivity ; Analysis ; Simulation models ; Irrigation scheduling ; Cotton / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Fergana Province / Andijan Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043490)
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Irrigated agriculture in Central Asia can only be developed through increase of crop yields and reduction of water volumes applied per unit of agricultural production. Thus to improve agricultural production, proper agronomic measures and irrigation schedules have to be developed considering local conditions. To assess existing water productivity, 9 farms have been selected along South Fergana Canal. A Soil-Water-Air-Plant (SWAP) model has been applied for the same fields to predict potential water productivity.
13 Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Manthrithilake, Herath; Mirzaev, N.; Wegerich, Kai; Jumaboev, Kahramon; Anarbekov, Oyture. 2010. Participatory water governance: lessons from the Ferghana Valley. In Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Efficient Agricultural Water Use and Tropical Issues in Land Reclamation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 10-11 November 2010. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SANIIRI). pp.36-43.
Water governance ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation ; Water user associations ; Institutional reform ; Irrigation canals / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043556)
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14 Anarbekov, Oyture; Pinkhasov, M.; Manthrithilake, Herath. 2010. Business plan and its role in water management development. In Russian. In Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Efficient Agricultural Water Use and Tropical Issues in Land Reclamation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 10-11 November 2010. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute; Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SANIIRI). pp.67-70.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043569)
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15 Dukhovny, V.; Sokolov, V.; Manthrithilake, Herath; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Anarbekov, Oyture; Mirzaev, N.; Pinkhasov, M.; Alimjanov, A.; Mukhamedjanov, Sh; Nerozin, S.; Galustyan, A.; Khorst, M.; Stulina, G.; Ziganshina, D.; Masumov, R.; Kadyrov, A.; Umarov, P.; Begimov, I.; Khegay, V.; Tuchin, A.; Zherelyeva, S.; Roshenko, E. 2009. Integrated water resources management: putting good theory into real practice - Central Asian experience. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific and Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC); Tashkent, Uzbekistan: GWP Caucasus and Central Asia (GWP CACENA). 381p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Hydrology ; Water users ; Water use ; Monitoring ; Water conservation ; Water demand ; Water allocation ; Water distribution systems ; Information systems ; Water governance ; Water productivity ; Water saving ; Land productivity ; Indicators ; International waters ; Irrigation systems ; Water user associations ; Drainage ; Farmers ; Extension activities ; Social mobility ; Crop yields ; Valley ; Legislation ; Water policy ; Economic aspects ; Capacity building ; Climate change / Central Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045575)
http://www.gwp.org/Global/GWP-CACENA_Files/en/pdf/iwrm_monograph_e.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045575.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045575.pdf
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16 Jumaboev, Kahramon; Reddy, Junna Mohan; Muhammedjanov, S.; Anarbekov, Oyture; Eshmuratov, Davron. 2013. An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia. Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, 5(1):21-30. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5897/JAERD12.115]
Agricultural extension ; Public-private cooperation ; Valleys ; Water productivity ; Farmers ; Information dissemination ; Crop yield ; Cotton ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation systems ; Water user associations ; Institutions / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Fergana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045623)
http://academicjournals.org/jaerd/PDF/Pdf%202013/Jan/Jumaboev%20et%20al.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045623.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045623.pdf
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A ‘farmer-centric’ innovative institutional mechanism, a public-private partnership, was created and strengthened, in the Fergana valley of Central Asia, for facilitating communication between farmers and researchers, and to disseminate knowledge on improved agronomic and irrigation management practices to improve water productivity at field level. As a result, yields of cotton from the twenty five demonstration sites in the three countries of Fergana valley - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – were, on the average, 28% higher than the average yield of cotton in the valley, suggesting that the proposed institutional mechanism was very effective in dissemination of information to farmers. Yields from neighboring farmers of demonstration fields were 14% higher than the average yields. In addition, demonstration site farmers used, on the average, 20% less water than the non-project farmers. Two independent external reviewers stated that this innovative public-private mechanism was very effective in disseminating information on improving water productivity at plot level to farmers, and suggested that the focus in the future should be on devising effective policy and economic instruments for financial sustainability of the innovation cycle after the donor support is withdrawn.
17 Mochalova, Elizaveta; Anarbekov, Oyture; Kahhorov, U. 2014. Institutions as key drivers of collective action in WUAs [Water User Associations] of Uzbekistan. Paper presented at the 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Gwangju, Korea, 14-20 September 2014. 8p.
Water user associations ; Performance evaluation ; Performance indexes ; Water supply ; Technology ; Economic aspects ; Sociocultural environment ; Farmer participation ; Organizational development ; Valleys / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Fergana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046739)
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This paper presents a multifactor approach for performance assessment of Water Users Associations (WUAs) in Uzbekistan in order to identify the drivers for improved and efficient performance of WUAs. The study was carried out in the Fergana Valley where the WUAs were created along the South Fergana Main Canal during the last 10 years. The farmers and the employees of 20 WUAs were questioned about the WUAs’ activities and the quantitative and qualitative data were obtained. This became a base for the calculation of 36 indicators divided into 6 groups: Water supply, technical conditions, economic conditions, social and cultural conditions, organizational conditions and information conditions. All the indicators assessed with a differentiated point system adjusted for subjectivity of several of them give the total maximal result for the associations of 250 point. The WUAs of the Fergana Valley showed the score between 145 and 219 points, what reflects a highly diverse level of the WUAs performance in the region. The analysis of the indicators revealed that the key points of the WUA’s success are the organizational and institutional conditions including the participatory factors and awareness of both the farmers and employees about the work of WUA. The research showed that the low performance of the WUAs is always explained by the low technical and economic conditions along with weak organization and information dissemination conditions. It is clear that it is complicated to improve technical and economic conditions immediately because they are cost-based and cost-induced. However, it is possible to improve the organizational conditions and to strengthen the institutional basis via formal and information institutions which will gradually lead to improvement of economic and technical conditions of WUAs. Farmers should be involved into the WUA Governance and into the process of making common decisions and solving common problems together via proper institutions. Their awareness can also be improved by leading additional trainings for increasing farmers’ agronomic and irrigation knowledge, teaching them water saving technologies and acquainting them with the use of water measuring equipment so it can bring reliable water supply, transparent budgeting and adequate as well as equitable water allocation to the water users.
18 Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon; Anarbekov, Oyture. 2015. Water users' associations in Central Asia: opportunities and challenges for development [Abstract only] Paper presented at the IAMO [Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies] Forum 2015 on Agriculture and Climate Change in Transition Economies, Halle (Saale), Germany, 17-19 June 2015. 1p.
Water user associations ; Water management ; Agricultural policy ; Institutional reform ; Irrigation practices ; Small scale farming / Central Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047350)
http://projects.iamo.de/fileadmin/veranstaltungen/iamo_forum/2015/Abstracts/IAMO_Forum_2015_Abstract_B1_3_Mukhamedova.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047350.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047350.pdf
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The presentation first guides to the challenges of water management. First are old challenges related poor conditions and physical deterioration of irrigation and drainage systems; while new ones such as the rising number of farming units not aligned with hydraulic boundaries; variety of crops grown therefore diverging irrigation schedules; mismatch between on-farm irrigation system and smaller farming units; and dissolution of former water management units of collective farms. In the next part of the presentation we provide a cross-country comparison of water reforms implemented by international donor community in the region. As we will show most of WUAs are not water users driven, they have been established via big bang campaigns of governments and donors within the borders of former collective farms without taking into account local context of irrigation and farming. We conclude that the major constraints for the consistency and improved performance of water user groups are found in uneven implementation of water reforms and in some countries, reluctance to change within each country, weak legal basis for the responsibilities and water rights of WUAs, sustainability issues connected with water services pricing and inclusion and obligations of water users.
19 Jumaboev, Kahramon; Anarbekov, Oyture; Reddy, Junna Mohan; Mukhammedjanov, S.; Eshmuratov, Davron. 2015. Irrigation extension development for improving water productivity in Fergana Valley of Central Asia. In Salokhiddinov, A.; Hamidov, A.; Kasymov, U. (Eds.). Improving the efficiency of common pool resources management in transition: case study of irrigation water and pasture. Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin. Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences. Division of Resource Economics; [Paper presented at the Academic Workshop for Young Researchers on Improving the Efficiency of Common Pool Resources Management in Transition: Case study of Irrigation Water and Pasture, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 20 May 2015]. pp.9-14. (InDeCA [Designing Social Institutions in Transition: Promotion of Institutional Development for Common Pool Resources Management in Central Asia] Discussion Paper Series 6/2015)
Irrigation management ; Agricultural extension ; Water productivity ; Water use ; Farmers ; Training ; Innovation ; Public-private cooperation / Central Asia / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Kyrgyzstan / Fergana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047351)
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20 Anarbekov, Oyture; Wichelns, D.; Akramov, I. 2016. Assessing the financial and economic viability of water user associations and canal management organizations in Ferghana Valley countries of Central Asia [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the IAAE [International Association of Agricultural Economists] Inter-Conference Symposium on Agricultural Transitions along the Silk Road Restructuring, Resources and Trade in the Central Asia Region, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 4-6 April 2016. 3p.
Water user associations ; Financial situation ; Sustainability ; Irrigation water ; User charges ; Economic value ; Irrigation canals ; Irrigation management ; Farmers / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047519)
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