Our Publications
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 Evaluating planning and delivery performance of Water User Associations (WUAs) in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan. Kazbekov, J.; Abdullaev, I.; Manthrithilake, H; Qureshi, A; Jumaboev, K. In Agricultural Water Management. Vol. 96 (2), pp. 1259-1267. 2009. Elsevier Ltd. Available online 1 May 2009. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2009.04.002 [View the Abstract]
Adoption of integrated water resources management principles and its impacts: lessons from Ferghana Valley . Abdullaev, I.; Kazbekov, J; Jumaboev , K; Manthrithilake, H. In Water International, Vol. 34 (2), pp. 230-241. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Elsevier Ltd. June 2009. DOI: 10.1080/02508060902843710
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Groundwater resources use and management in the Amu Darya River Basin (Central Asia). Rakhmatullaev,S., Huneau, F., Kazbekov, J., Le Coustumer, P., Jumanov, J., El Oifi, B., Motelica-Heino, M., Hrkal Z. In Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer-Verlag. Available online 28 February, 2009. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0107-4
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Integrated water resources management: putting a good theory into practice: experience of Central Asia. Victor Dukhovny, Vadim Sokolov and Herath Manthritilake, eds., 2009. In Water International, Vol. 34 (2), pp. 287-290. Routledge: Taylor and Francis. June 2009. Victor Dukhovny, Vadim Sokolov and Herath Manthritilake, eds., 2009. Scientific and Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC) and GWP CACENA): Tashkent (ISBN 9965-32-627-4) Electronic version may be downloaded in English from http://www.cawater-info.net/library/eng/iwrm. A Russian version is also available at the same site. DOI: 10.1080/02508060902937504
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Agricultural Water Use and Trade
in Uzbekistan: Situation and Potential Impacts of Market Liberalization.
Iskandar Abdullaev, Charlotte de Fraiture, Mark Giordano, Murat Yakubov and Aziz Rasulov. In Water Resources Development. Vol. 25 (1), pp. 47-63. 2009. Routledge: Taylor and Francis
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Water for Food as Food for Thought: Case Study of Applying the PODIUMSim Model to Uzbekistan.
Murat Yakubov and Herath Manthrithilake (2009). In Irrigation and Drainage, Vol.58 (1), pp. 17-37.DOI: 10.1002/ird.451. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd [View the Abstract]
Participatory water management at the main canal: A case from South Ferghana canal in Uzbekistan.
Iskandar Abdullaev, Jusipbek Kazbekov, Hearth Manthritilake, Kahramon Jumaboev. In Agricultural Water Management. Vol. 92 (2), pp. 317-329. 2008. Elsevier Limited
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Measuring Irrigation Performance: Governance versus Management Perspective (A mixed methods case study of the IWRM-Ferghana Projec). Murat Yakubov (2008). Dissertation for the degree of Masters of Research in Social Research. Department of Applied Social Science, London Metropolitan University: London, UK [View the Abstract and the Table of content]
Water saving and Economic Impacts of Land Levelling: The case study of cotton production in Tajikistan.
Iskandar Abdullaev, Mehmood Ul Hassan and Kakhramon Jumaboev. In Irrigation and Drainage Systems. Vol. 21 (3-4), pp. 251-263 (2007). Springer: Netherlands. [View the Abstract]
Water Conservation Practices and Their Impact on Water Productivity in the Syr Darya Basin.
Iskandar Abdullaev, Jusipbek Kazbekov, David Molden. In International Water and Irrigation. Issue 2: 14-17 (2007). Aquatech: Israel. [Download-48Kb]
Mainstreaming Rural Poors in Water Resources Management: Preliminary Lessons of a Bottom-Up WUA Development Approach in Central Asia.
Murat Yakubov, Mehmood ul Hassan. In Irrigation and Drainage. 56 (2-3): 261- 276 . 10.1002/ird.293. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd [View the Abstract]
Water for food, Water for life: A Comprehsive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture.
London: Earthscan, and Colombo: International Water Management Institute. 2007. [Russian-2.5Mb]
Notes from the Field. Abdullaev, Iskandar; Kazbekov, Jusipbek (2006). In Comparative Technology Transfer and Society Vol. 4 (3), p. 302-304 (A review to the article on common pool resources management by J. Pierce, M. Stephan, N. Lovrich, M. Khalmirzaeva, A. Salokhiddinov, and E. Weber "The Transfer of Governance Technology: The case of Water User Associations in Uzbekistan"). DOI: 10.1353/ctt.2007.0000 [View Abstract]
The Right Thing to Do: Why Farmers Need to Organize Themsleves into Water Users Groups.
Jusipbek Kazbekov and Iskandar Abdullaev (2006). Tashkent: IWMI-Central Asia. (IWRM-Ferghana project brochure) (Please call or visit us to get your hard copy of the brochure in Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek or Russian)
Weather and Your Crop: Using Weather Forecast in Planning Your Irrigations.
Jusipbek Kazbekov (2006). Tashkent: IWMI-Central Asia. (IWRM-Ferghana project brochure) (Please call or visit us to get your hard copy of the brochure in Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek or Russian)
The Reliability Improvement in Irrigation Services: Application of Rotational Water Distribution to Tertiary Canals in Central Asia.
Iskandar Abdullaev, Mehmood Ul Hassan, Herath Manthrithilake and Murat Yakubov (2006). IWMI Research Report 100, Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute. 29p. [Download-800Kb][Download Abstract-12kb]
Remediation of Abandoned Saline Soils Using Glycyrrhiza glabra: A Study from the Hungry Steppes of Central Asia.
Habibjon Kushiev, Andrew D. Noble, Iskandar Abdullaev and Uktam Toshbekov. Gulistan State University and IWMI, Intenational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol.3, No.2, 2006. [Download-248kb]
"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.
Andrew Noble, Mehmood ul Hassan, Jusipbek Kazbekov (2005). IWMI Research Report 88. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute. [Download-481Kb]
Making Water Distribution More Transparent: Application of the Time-based Water Distribution Method to Tertiary Canals in Central Asia.
Iskandar Abdullaev, Mehmood-Ul-Hassan, Manthrithilake Herath, Murat Yakubov. IWMI-CA, Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, Vol.40, No.2, October, 2005. [Download Abstract-40kb]
Handbook on Implementing a Time-Based Water Distribution.
Iskandar Abdullaev, Mehmood ul Hassan, Murat Yakubov. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, November 2004. [English-470kb] [Russian-853kb] [Kyrgyz-801kb] [Tajik-649kb]
Social Mobilization and Institutional Development
Approach and Strategy. Mehmood ul Hassan & Nargiza Nizamedinkhodjaeva. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, 2003. [English-410Kb] [Russian-140Kb]
How to establish a Water Users Association? IWMI-CA, Tashkent, 2003. [English-443Kb] [Russian-558Kb] [Kyrgyz-499Kb] [Tajik: Part1-307Kb Part2-221Kb] [Uzbek-541Kb]
The 2003 Baseline Survey of 3 Pilot WUAs in the Ferghana Valley.
Murat Yakubov & Bakhtiyar Matyakubov. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, July, 2004. [English-1.44Mb] [Russian-894Kb]
The 2004 Follow-up Survey of 3 Pilot WUAs in the Ferghana Valley.
Murat Yakubov. IWMI-CA, Tashkent, November, 2004. [English-448Kb]
Transfer of Irrigation Management Services. (Russian translation, 2004) IWMI-FAO-GTZ.[Russian-520Kb]
Rehabilitating abandoned saline soils using Licorice naked - A cost effective approach for the Hungry Steppes of Central Asia. [English]
Assessing salinity and sodicity in the field - a guide for farmers and extension agents.[English]
"Bright Spots" in Uzbekistan, Reversing Land and Water Degradation while Improving Livelihoods.[English]
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