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
A political-science perspective of anarchy holds that anarchy is the absence of a ruler. In the water sector, especially in terms of irrigated agriculture, emerging deficiencies of public irrigation systems as well as the budget crisis of governments to sustain irrigated agriculture, resulted int...
Wegerich, Kai
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Warner, J.
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Tortajada, C.
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[Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy]
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Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy
Wegerich, Kai
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Warner, J.
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Tortajada, C.
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[The dark side of governance: an introduction to the special issue]
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The dark side of governance: an introduction to the special issue
Understanding the spatial-temporal patterns of water quality parameters and apportioning the sources of water pollution are important for water management. Within the Zerafshan basin a basin efficiency approach is practiced. Here water quality data for a 30 year period are presented and analysed ...
Olsson, O.
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Gassmann, M.
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Manig, N.
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Ikramova, M.
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Basin efficiency approach and its effect on streamflow quality, Zerafshan River Uzbekistan]
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Basin efficiency approach and its effect on streamflow quality, Zerafshan River 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
Farooqi, Hira
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Institutionalizing inequities in land ownership and water allocations during colonial times in Punjab, Pakistan]
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Institutionalizing inequities in land ownership and water allocations during colonial times in Punjab, Pakistan
The importance of water security has gained prominence on the international water agenda, but the focus seems to be directed towards water demand. An essential element of water security is the functioning of public organizations responsible for water supply through direct and indirect security ap...
Wegerich, Kai
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Rooijen, Daniel J. van
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Soliev, I.
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Mukhamedova, N.
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[Water security in the Syr Darya Basin]
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Water security in the Syr Darya Basin
Institutional design for water governance assumes the possibility of intentional introduction of policy innovations into the new contexts or amending existing institutions. Such institutional design has been common in the water sector and examples include participatory irrigation management, inte...
Mukhtarov, F.
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Fox, S.
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Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Interactive institutional design and contextual relevance: water user groups in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan]
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Interactive institutional design and contextual relevance: water user groups in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan