EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (IWRM) IN IMPROVING WATER AND LAND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY

摘要

In light of the growth of such destructive factors as climate change, demographic pressure, transition to the market economy and others, the survival of the Central Asian States depends on their ability to achieve sustainable improvements in potential land and water productivity. The basic way to achieve this is to implement IWRM in a broader sense, which will cover all levels of water hierarchy from the bottom (water users) to the top (basin organizations). The Association SIC - ICWC, in collaboration with the Ministries of Water Resources (and Agriculture) of three States: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, has developed and tested this approach. The IWRM in Central Asia is based on some fundamental conditions that are characterized by the specific arid zone, where the irrigated agriculture is the leading sector of economy, which defines:1. Hydrographic principle of water management: 2. Public participation of the stakeholders in water planning, financing and management; the well-being, food security and employment of most rural population. These principles are: 3. Integration of different sectors at the horizontal level and all levels of water hierarchy from bottom to top.