CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Publications
IWMI Publications List
Water Productivity in the Syrdarya Basin. IWMI Research Paper. Russian version. IWMI-Subregional office for CA, 2002
International Aid to Central Asia on Water Management and its impact on Water Sector Reforms. Quarterly Journal. Russian version. Local Government Brief. Open Society Institute. IWMI Sub-regional office for CA, 2002, 22-24 pages
Gunchinmaa, T. 2006. Institutions and transaction costs: the role of information in cashmere marketing in Mongolia. PhD Thesis University of Manchester. Manchester, UK pp. 293
Nargiza Nizametdinkhodjaeva. 2006. The contribution of irrigation water to rural livelihoods: case-study of three countries in the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia. MSc Thesis University of East Anglia, UK pp.
Brochure on “Learning alliances for scaling up innovative approaches”, May, 2007 (Authors: Ikbal Yusupova, Andrew Noble and Nadia Manning. In English and Russian languages).
Oyture Anarbekov, Mier Pinkhasov, Herath Manthrithilake. Business planning tools for user driven water organizations in Central Asia. International Conference on 15th Anniversary of ICWC of Central Asia. Almaty. 2007
Abdullaev I., Kazbekov J., Anarbekov O. 2006. “A Historical Perspective on Water Allocation and Distribution in the Former Soviet Union”. Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Transition toward Market Economy in Water Resources Management and Land Melioration in Uzbekistan, organized by Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan jointly with Tashkent Irrigation and Melioration Institute and Washington State University (USA), Pages 97-99.
Abdullaev I., Kazbekov J., Anarbekov O. 2006. “A Methodology for Capacity Building of Sustainable WUAs and Policy Making for Water Allocation”, Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Transition toward Market Economy in Water Resources Management and Land Melioration in Uzbekistan, organized by Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan jointly with Tashkent Irrigation and Melioration Institute and Washington State University (USA), Pages 100-105.
Lovrich N., Herath Manthrithilake 2006. “ Conclusions & Recommendations Sections 1 & 2: Social & Institutional Aspects of WUA Development”, Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Transition toward Market Economy in Water Resources Management and Land Melioration in Uzbekistan, organized by Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan jointly with Tashkent Irrigation and Melioration Institute and Washington State University (USA), Pages 127-130 (Published in July, 2006);
Herath Manthrithilake 2006. “Institutional & Technical Aspects of IWRM in Fergana; 12 indicators”, Proceedings of the Republican Scientific Practical Conference on Transition toward Market Economy in Water Resources Management and Land Melioration in Uzbekistan, organized by Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan jointly with Tashkent Irrigation and Melioration Institute and Washington State University (USA), Pages 106-111 (Published in July, 2006);
Horinkova, V.; Abdullaev, I. 2003. Institutional aspects of water management in Central Asia: Water users associations. Water International, 28(2):237-245.
Jusipbek Kazbekov, Iskandar Abdullaev, Herath Manthrithilake. Water User Groups key in WUA sustainability. International Conference on 15th Anniversary of ICWC of Central Asia. Almaty. 2007
Iskandar Abdullaev, Herath Manthrithilake, and Jusipbek Kazbekov 2006.“Water Security in Central Asia: Troubled Future or Pragmatic Partnership?” "The Last Drop: Water, Security and Sustainable Development in Central Eurasia", International Conference, Organized by Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands Water Partnership, Centre for the Study of Transition and Development, Aula A, the Netherlands, 1-2 December 2006.
Abdullaev, Iskandar; Horinkova, Vilma. 2004. Water rights in Central Asia: History, present and perspectives. Paper presented at Conference on Water Rights and Related Water Supply Issues, Salt Lake City, Utah, 13-16 October 2004. 8p.
Habib, Kushiev, Noble, Andrew, Abdullaev, Iskandar, 2006. Remediation of abandoned saline soils using Glycyrrhiza glabra: A study from the Hungry Steppes of Central Asia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 3(2):102-113
Abdullaev, Iskandar, Kazbekov, Jusipbek, 2006. Notes from Fields: A Review to Article on Common Pool Resources and the Transfer of Governance Technology – Water User Associations in Uzbekistan (by John C. Pierce, Mark Stephan, Nicholas S. Lovrich, Jr., Madina Khalmirzaeva, Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov and Edward P. Weber). Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, Volume 4, Number 3. ANSI
Chemin, Y., Abdullaev, I., Platonov, A., and M. Ul-Hassan. 2005. Supplementing Farm-level Water Productivity Assessment by Remote Sensing in Transition Economies. Water International, 30(3): 350–355. ISI
Abdullaev Iskandar. 2005. Addressing Central Asia’s water problem. Central Asia and Caucasus Analyst, 6(4): 5-8.
Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Nizamedinkhodjaeva, Nargiza; Pinkhasov, M. A.; Nazarov, R. R. 2005. Establishing sustainable water user associations in transition economies: Lessons from social mobilization of IWRM-Fergana Project in Central Asia. Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, 40(1):67-91.
Abdullaev I., Ul Hassan M., H. Manthrithilake, Yakubov M. 2005. Making water distribution more transparent: Application of the Time-Based Water Distribution Method to Tertiary canals in Central Asia. Applied Irrigation Science, 40 (2): 193-217.
Iskandar Abdullaev; David Molden. Spatial and temporal variability of water productivity in the Syrdarya Basin, Central Asia. Water Resources Research, Vol.40, W08S02. 2004
1. Abdullaev, Iskandar, Yakubov, Murat, 2006. Water conservation and amelioration of irrigated lands of Bukhara Oasis. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Academy of Sciences, 112p. + 1 fold. Map
Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Abdullaev, Iskandar; Anarbekov, Oyture; Jumabaev Kakhramon. 2007 (up coming). Improved Water Management through Effective Water Users Associations in Central Asia: Case of Kyrgyzstan. IWMI Research Report.
Abdullaev, Iskandar; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Yakubov, Murat; Turral, Hugh; Herath, Manthrithilake; Jumabaev, Kakhramon. 2007 (up coming). Institutional Reforms at Main Canal Level and its Water Management Implications: Case from South Ferghana Canal, Uzbekistan. IWMI Research Report.
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: IWMI. 22p. (IWMI Research Report 100)
Andrew Noble, Mehmood ul Hassan, Jusipbek Kazbekov “Bright Spots” in Uzbekistan, Reversing Land and Water Degradation while Improving Livelihoods: Key Developments and Sustaining Ingredients for Transition Economies of the former Soviet Union, IWMI Research Report 88, 2005
Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Starkloff, R.; Nizamedinkhodjaeva, Nargiza. 2004. Inadequacies in the water reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic: An institutional analysis. Colombo, Sri Lanka. IWMI Research Report 81
Hammond Murray-Rust, Iskandar Abdullaev, Mehmood ul Hassan and Vilma Horinkova Water Productivity in the Syr-Darya River Basin, IWMI Research Report 67, 2003
New organizational structure for irrigation, June 10, 2006, Leninabadskaya pravda (Rus), newspaper
Bright spots of Uzbekistan, July 13, 2006, Pravda Vostoka (Rus), web site
Bright spots of Uzbekistan, July 13, 2006, Pravda Vostoka (Rus), newspaper
What is happening in Japalak WUA, August 25, 2006, Osh janyrygy (Kyrg) newspaper
Exibition of new agro technology August 17, 2006, Eco (Rus), newspaper,
New technologies for farmers, September 21, 2006, Khumo (Rus), magazine
Farmer instructed on integration of technology for saline soil management, September 11, 2006, UzReport (Eng, Uzb, Rus), web site
Farmer instructed on integration of technology for saline soil management, September 11, 2006, Press-Uz (Eng, Uzb, Rus), web site
How to increase crop production? September 6, 2006, Pravda Vostoka (Rus) web site
How to increase crop production? September 6, 2006, Pravda Vostoka (Rus), newspaper
Why there is lack of water in Uzbekistan, October 3, 2006 Pravda Vostoka (Rus) web site
Why there is lack of water in Uzbekistan, October 3, 2006, Pravda Vostoka (Rus) newspaper
Why there is lack of water in Uzbekistan October 5, 2006, Press-Uz (Eng, Uzb, Rus), web site
Water recourses management. December 1, 2006 Novosti Uzbekistana (Rus) web site
Water recourses management. December 1, 2006 Novosti Uzbekistana (Rus) newspaper.
Yakubov, Murat., Kazbekov Jusipbek, 2006. IWRM Makes an Impact in the Ferghana Valley. Water Figures Asia, 1:8
Biradar, C.M., Thenkabail, P.S., H. Hugh, T., Vithanage, J.V., Alexander, P., Manthrithilake, H., and Iskandar, Abdullaev. 2006. Water Productivity Mapping (WPM) Methods and Approaches using Remote Sensing Techniques. Uzbekistan, May, 2006.
Chemin, Y.; Platonov, A.; Ul-Hassan, Mehmood.; Abdullaev, Iskandar 2004. Using remote sensing data for water depletion assessment at administrative and Irrigation-system levels: Case study of the Ferghana Province of Uzbekistan. Agricultural Water Management, 64(3):183-196
Oyture Anarbekov and Mier Pinkhasov. Guideline on Business Planning for WUAs. IWRM Ferghana 2006.
The 2006 Follow-up Survey of 3 Pilot WUAs in the Ferghana Valley. Gunchinmaa Tumur. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, September 2007 (draft).
Akmal Karimov. Water harvesting, supplementary and deficient irrigation methods. Brochure prepared along IWRM Ferghana Project. 2007.
Akmal Karimov. Determination of Inter-Irrigation Period. Guideline for irrigators in WUAs. A guide prepared along IWRM Ferghana project 2007-09-20
The 2005 Follow-up Survey of 3 Pilot WUAs in the Ferghana Valley. Murat Yakubov. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, April 2006.
Assessing salinity and sodicity in the field - a guide for farmers and extension agents. 2006
Rehabilitating abandoned saline soils using Licorice naked - A cost effective approach for the Hungry Steppes of Central Asia. 2006
Jusipbek Kazbekov. Weather and Farmers: Guidelines for Irrigation Planning. IWRM Ferghana 2006
Jusipbek Kazbekov and Iskandar Abdullaev. Establishing Effective Water User Groups. IWRM Ferghana 2006.
Murat Yakubov. WUA Survey: Annual User Perceptions. IWRM Ferghana. 2006
Iskandar Abdullaev and Murat Yakubov. Performance Assessment Indicators for Water Management in WUAs. IWRM Ferghana 2006.
Iskandar Abdullaev and Akhmad Alimjanov. Guideline on Water Distribution in WUAs (daily and time based water allocation). IWRM Ferghana 2006
The 2004 Follow-up Survey of 3 Pilot WUAs in the Ferghana Valley. Murat Yakubov. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, November, 2004.
The 2003 Baseline Survey of 3 Pilot WUAs in the Ferghana Valley. Murat Yakubov & Bakhtiyar Matyakubov. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, July, 2004.
Handbook on Implementing a Time-Based Water Distribution. Iskandar Abdullaev, Mehmood ul Hassan, Murat Yakubov. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, November 2004.
How to establish a Water Users Association? IWMI-CA, Tashkent, 2003.
Social Mobilization and Institutional Development Approach and Strategy. Mehmood ul Hassan & Nargiza Nizamedinkhodjaeva. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, 2003.
