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1 Abdullaev, Iskandar; Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Yakubov, Murat. 2004. Handbook on implementing a time-based water distribution: for WUA hydrotechnicians in Central Asia with examples from the Sokolok Distributory off the Aravan-Akbura Main Canal in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 15p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.005]
Water distribution ; Irrigation scheduling ; Handbooks ; Water requirements ; Crop production ; Irrigation canals ; Water users / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G774 ABD Record No: H036245)
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2 Yakubov, Murat. 2004. The 2004 follow-up survey report to the 2003 baseline survey of three pilot WUAs in the Ferghana Valley. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 26p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.010]
Water management ; Irrigation management ; Water user associations ; Water delivery ; Irrigation canals ; Watercourses ; Maintenance ; Labor ; Conflict ; Households ; Income / Uzbekistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G782 YAK Record No: H036246)
IWRM-Ferghana Project Handbook
3 Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Yakubov, Murat. 2004. An approach to social mobilization for effective stakeholder participation in integrated water resource management in the Aral Sea Basin. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission on Water Coordination (SIC-ICWC) 11p.
Water resource management ; Social participation ; Water delivery ; Water user associations / Central Asia / Aral Sea
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 ULH Record No: H036247)
The framework reported here drives from the documentation and experiences gained under the SDC funded “Integrated Water Resources Management in the Fergana Valley Project (IWRM-Fergana), which is implemented by the association comprising the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission on Water Coordination (SIC-ICWC) of Central Asia.
4 Abdullaev, Iskandar; Yakubov, Murat. 2004. Assessing the gender performance of the water users associations of Central Asia: case study from IWRM Ferghana Project. Paper presented at the ICWC 39th Annual Water Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 19-21 May 2004. 11p.
Gender ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Performance indexes ; Water user associations / Central Asia / Ferghana Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 ABD Record No: H036248)
5 Abdullaev, Iskandar; Yakubov, Murat. 2004. Water management reforms, irrigation management transfer and water rights: synthesis from Karakalpakistan case study. Paper presented at the International Conference on Deepening Water Management Reforms in Uzbekistan and Issues of the Enabling Law Foundations, organized by the Uzbek Parliament, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 25 November, 2004. 12p.
Irrigation management ; Privatization ; Water rights ; Environmental degradation ; Water allocation ; Water distribution ; Water quality ; Water policy ; Water user associations ; Drought ; Case studies / Uzbekistan / Karakalpakistan / Aral Sea
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G782 ABD Record No: H036251)
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6 Abdullaev, Iskandar; Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Manthrithilake, Herath; Yakubov, Murat. 2005. Making water distribution more transparent: application of the time-based water distribution method to tertiary canals in Central Asia. Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, 40(2):193-216.
Irrigated farming ; Water distribution ; Equity ; Sensitivity analysis ; Irrigation canals ; Distributary canals ; Conflict ; Water user associations ; Wheat / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Sokolok Canal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H038259)
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7 Yakubov, Murat; Abdullaev, Iskandar; Ul Hassan, Mehmood. 2005. Improving water distribution for poverty reduction in transition economies: results of an action research on Central Asian tertiary canals. Paper presented at the Water Poverty and Social Crisis Workshop, Agadir, Morocco, 10-15 December, 2005. 11p.
Water distribution ; Irrigation scheduling ; Irrigation canals ; Water user associations ; Poverty / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.2 G570 YAK Record No: H038674)
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8 Abdullaev, Iskandar; Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Manthrithilake, Herath; Yakubov, Murat. 2006. The reliability improvement in irrigation services: application of rotational water distribution to tertiary canals in Central Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 22p. (IWMI Research Report 100) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.100]
Water distribution ; Irrigation scheduling ; Water allocation ; Watercourses ; Irrigation canals ; Performance evaluation ; Water user associations / Central Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.2 G570 ABD Record No: H039215)
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This report addresses a specific context of massive inequity and unevenness in water allocation and distribution experienced presently by the water users in transitional Central Asian economies, as a result of broad-scale fragmentation of the previously large farms. The report describes action research aimed at making water distribution at the tertiary level more reliable, transparent and equitable.
9 Yakubov, Murat; Hassan, Mehmood Ul. 2007. Mainstreaming rural poors in water resources management: Preliminary lessons of a bottom-up WUA development approach in Central Asia. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 56:261-276.
Water user associations ; Irrigation management ; Privatization ; Farmer participation ; Maintenance ; Watercourses ; Water delivery ; Canals ; Households ; Income / Central Asia / Fergana Valley
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 YAK Record No: H039754)
10 Gunchinmaa, Tumur; Yakubov, Murat. 2009. Institutions and transition: does a better institutional environment make water users associations more effective in Central Asia? Water Policy, 12(2):165-185. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2009.047]
Water user associations ; Irrigation management ; Water delivery ; Water rates ; User charges ; Legal aspects ; Canals ; Maintenance ; Farmers ; Water users / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H040659)
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Integrated water resource management (IWRM) is a widely recognized management framework that is currently being adopted throughout post-Soviet Central Asia to inform and guide national water sector reforms, and to keep up with the pace of the faster moving land reforms taking place in the region. With hydrographic principles and public participation being at the core of this framework, the process in the region has started with the reform of on-farm irrigation systems by creating water users associations (WUAs), transferring irrigation management to them and introducing irrigation service fees. This paper draws on the experiences, over four years, of three study WUAs set up in the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. Aiming to explore the differences in institutional environment and arrangements in these three countries for establishing WUAs, as well as assessing WUA performances (particularly from users’ perspectives), the study reveals that it is not only the newly-established institutional arrangements in the irrigation sector but also their internal operations, coupled with other important factors such as size of area farmed, overall viability of agriculture and a wider economic context that crucially determine overall irrigation performance.
11 Abdullaev, Iskandar; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Yakubov, Murat; Turral, Hugh; Manthrithilake, Herath; Jumaboev, Kahramon. 2007. Institutional reforms at main canal level and their water allocation and yield impacts : A case from South Ferghana Canal, Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 31p.
Institutional development ; Organizational change ; Water user associations ; Irrigation management ; Canals ; Water allocation ; Water distribution ; Irrigated farming ; Cotton ; Wheat ; Yields / Uzbekistan / South Ferghana Canal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G782 ABD Record No: H040699)
12 Abdullaev, Iskandar; Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Yakubov, Murat. 2004. Handbook on implementing a time-based water distribution. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 15p.
Water distribution ; Irrigation scheduling ; Handbooks / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Osh Province / Aravan-Akbura Main Canal / Sokolok Distributory
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G770 ABU Record No: H041640)
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13 Yakubov, Murat; Manthrithilake, Herath. 2009. Water for food as food for thought: case study of applying the PODIUMSim model to Uzbekistan. Irrigation and Drainage, 58(1):17-37. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.451]
Food supply ; Food consumption ; Water use ; Models ; Water balance ; Water supply ; Water demand ; Water use efficiency ; Irrigated farming ; Crop production ; Domestic water / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Aral Sea
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H041657)
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Uzbekistan, being historically one of the most populated and agriculture-based republics in the former Soviet Union, still features quite high annual population growth rates and great dependence on agriculture as a backbone for the rest of the economic reforms.With water playing an extremely important role in producing a sufficient food base for the country’s growing population and earning much needed foreign exchange for the government to ensure overall economic development, the pressures on this scarce resource will obviously and inevitably grow, putting it much at risk over a long-term perspective. So would available water be enough to meet ever-increasing demands from major economic uses in the foreseeable future, and what can be the options for meeting such demands – these are the key questions raised and researched in this article. As such the research concentrates on the two major country-specific scenarios with water and its multiple uses for Uzbekistan – the business as usual and the best case. Both scenarios discuss possible future implications for the next quarter-century given certain assumptions. Finally when summarizing the findings, the paper provides conclusions and recommendations as to how the model and further scenarios can be better optimized given the trans-boundary nature of most water resources in Central Asia where Uzbekistan geographically belongs.
14 Abdullaev, Iskandar; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Giordano, Mark; Yakubov, Murat; Rasulov, A. 2009. Agricultural water use and trade in Uzbekistan: situation and potential impacts of market liberalization. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 25(1):47-63. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900620802517533]
Water use ; Irrigation management ; Water management ; Cotton ; Wheat ; Rice ; Agricultural policy ; Farm structure ; Farmers ; Land tenure ; Food security ; Trade liberalization ; Marketing / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041745)
The focus in Uzbekistan on cotton and its irrigation led to large increases in water use with significant downstream impacts, particularly on the Aral Sea. While agriculture is still heavily influenced by the state, Uzbekistan has become more integrated in the global economy since its independence. The major goal of this paper is to examine the interrelationship between agricultural policies and water use during the last 15 years and how moves towards freer markets, such as those which might occur under the World Trade Organization, may impact Uzbekistan’s water resources in the future. The results show that partial or full market liberalization may result in an increase in water use. However, the greater message is that non-water policies can have a major impact on water outcomes and therefore should be considered in any discussions of water sector reform.
15 Manthrithilake, Herath; Jumaboev, Kahramon; Yakubov, Murat. 2008. Water flume meters (WFM) for Water Users Association Project. Draft final project report, 15. 11. 2007 - 31. 10. 2008, coordinated with Scientific Information Centre (SIC) and submitted to Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) 60p.
River basins ; Flumes ; Water measurement ; Water allocation ; Water distribution ; User charges ; Water rates ; Development projects ; Water user associations ; Capacity building ; Construction ; Canals ; Expenditure / Kyrgyzstan / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Shahimardansay River / Khojabakirgansay River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041911)
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16 Manthrithilake, Herath; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Yakubov, Murat. 2008. Final report of the Integrated Water Resources Management in Fergana Valley Project, phase 3, 1 May 2005 – 31 April 2008. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC), Scientific Information Center (SIC); Tashkent, Uzbekistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 84p.
Irrigation canals ; Rivers ; Governance ; Irrigation management ; Irrigated farming ; Water user associations ; Social participation ; Legal aspects ; Water allocation ; Water delivery ; Water distribution ; Equity ; Performance indexes ; Training ; Capacity building / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041914)
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17 Yakubov, Murat. 2008. Measuring irrigation performance: governance versus management perspective: a mixed methods case study of the IWRM-Ferghana Project. Dissertation submitted to the Department of Applied Social Science, London Metropolitan University, London, UK, for the degree of Master of Research in Social Research. 104p.
Irrigation canals ; Governance ; Irrigation management ; Empowerment ; Collective ownership ; Case studies ; Water user associations ; Performance evaluation ; Farmers attitudes / Central Asia / Ferghana Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041915)
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18 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.
19 Wegerich, Kai; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Yakubov, Murat. 2010. Integration and disintegrating of small transboundary tributaries from the larger Syr Darya basin. [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.78.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043470)
http://www.fp6.cawater-info.net/library/eng/2010_cawa_symposium_abstract_en.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043470.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043470.pdf
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20 Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Yakubov, Murat; Wegerich, Kai. 2010. Success and limitations of local cooperation on small transboundary rivers within the Ferghana Valley. [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.72.
River basins ; International waters ; International cooperation / Central Asia / Ferghana Valley / Syr Darya River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043471)
http://www.fp6.cawater-info.net/library/eng/2010_cawa_symposium_abstract_en.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043471.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043471.pdf
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