This paper examines the recent emerging informal Water Users Groups (WUGs) on the Ferghana Valley for managing of the water at the former collective farm level and potential for strengthening of the weak Water Users Associations (WUAs) through replication of WUGs formation. Due to the collapse of...
Abdullaev, Iskandar
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Jumaboev, Kahramon
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[Water user groups in Central Asia: emerging form of collective action in irrigation water management]
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Water user groups in Central Asia: emerging form of collective action in irrigation water management
After the independence of Central Asian countries, many international projects have been launched to promote water users' inclusion into the water management at different levels. The aim of such projects is to achieve sustainable water management through inclusion of interests of different groups...
Abdullaev, Iskandar
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Jumaboev, Kahramon
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[Participatory water management at the main canal: a case from South Ferghana canal in Uzbekistan]
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Participatory water management at the main canal: a case from South Ferghana canal in Uzbekistan
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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[Report on water user group support activities along IWRM Ferghana Project]
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Report on water user group support activities along IWRM Ferghana Project
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Anarbekov, Oyture
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Jumaboev, Kahramon
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Tashmatov, Alisher
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Mosin, Konstantin
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Yusupova, Ikbal
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Gunchinmaa, Tumur
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Karimov, Akmal
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Sabirova, Diloram
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[The Regional Knowledge Fair on Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia, Kyrgyz. National Drama Theater, Osh city, Kyrgyz Republic, 7-8 September, 2007]
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The Regional Knowledge Fair on Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia, Kyrgyz. National Drama Theater, Osh city, Kyrgyz Republic, 7-8 September, 2007
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
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[Extension and dissemination strategies: review of international cases and its implications for Central Asia]
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Extension and dissemination strategies: review of international cases and its implications for Central Asia
Anarbekov, Oyture
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Jumaboev, Kahramon
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[Asset management concept for water user associations]
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Asset management concept for water user associations
Stucker, D.
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Yakubov, Murat
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Adaptation to climate change-exacerbated water scarcity, droughts and flashfloods: the Khojabakirgansai, a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan]
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Adaptation to climate change-exacerbated water scarcity, droughts and flashfloods: the Khojabakirgansai, a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
As a result of the massive irrigation development during the Soviet Union era and intensive chemization of agriculture, the surface runoff quality has been degraded in this arid and endorheic region. Moreover hydraulically related groundwater has also been affected. Excessive irrigation has lead ...
Rakhmatullaev, S.
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Huneau, F.
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Celle-Jeanton, H.
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Motelica-Heino, M.
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Le Coustumer, Philippe
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Jumanov, J.
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[Groundwater resources of Uzbekistan: an environmental and operational overview]
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Groundwater resources of Uzbekistan: an environmental and operational overview
After independence in 1991, Uzbekistan introduced a policy on food security and consequently reduced the irrigated area allocated to cotton and increased the area of winter wheat. Shifting to winter wheat allowed farmers to grow a second crop outside the state-order system. The second crops are t...
Platonov, Alexander
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Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Kabilov, Firdavs
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[Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan]
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Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan
While conflict and cooperation in Central Asia are mainly focused on the larger basins (Amu and Syr Darya) and the implementation of the agreement reached directly after independence (1991), here an analysis of the history of water-sharing agreements in the Isfara Basin is presented. The paper re...
Pak, M.
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Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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[Re-examining conflict and cooperation in Central Asia: a case study from the Isfara River, Ferghana Valley]
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Re-examining conflict and cooperation in Central Asia: a case study from the Isfara River, Ferghana Valley