Название практики | Sprinkling irrigation of alfaalfa in the conditions of Central Tajikistan | Holding the Integrated Water Resources Management Olympiad (Academic Competition) |
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Category | Water resources | Water resources |
Tool | Sprinkling system | |
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Use of water resources |
Usability of practice for adaptation to climate change | High | Low |
Implemented by | GU “TajikNIIGiM” (“Research and Development Insti-tute of Hydraulic Engineering and Reclamation of Tajikistan” State Enterprise) |
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (KRSU) |
Used by |
Country: Tajikistan Province: Districts of Republican Subordination District: Rudaki Other settlement: Khosilot Farm |
Country: Kyrgyzstan |
Local specifics |
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Practice usage period |
Start date: 01.01.2013 End date: 31.12.2015 |
Start date: 01.02.2017 End date: 31.12.2017 |
Problem solved through this practice | Low efficiency of furrow irrigation; deficit of irrigation water; poor alfaalfa yields; eroded soil; low income of farmers. |
Insufficient level of objectivity while selecting candidates, i.e. selection of final candidates not based on their knowledge and skills but illicitly |
Tools used in the practice | Sprinkling irrigation system for alfaalfa |
Technique of knowledge assessment |
Description of the practice and its results | Actions:
Results: Financial and economic: increased farmer incomes due to better alfaalfa hay yields; enhanced labor productivity; reduced production costs. Ecological: improved ecological and reclamation condition of irrigated land; production of ecologically clean goods; significantly reduced unproductive water losses and soil erosion. Technical: increased alfaalfa hay yields (29 t/ha) compared to furrow irrigation (on average 18 t/ha); 40% saving of irrigation water. Social: increased wellbeing of local residents due to better agricultural yields; reduced hard manual labor. |
Actions: The participants were offered to undergo 2 exams (written and oral) within the framework of the Olympiad. Finalists of the written test could go on to the oral exam. Results: 1 student was selected from among the candidates to participate in subsequent Regional IWRM Olympiad and the International Summer School “Methods and Means of Assessing, Modelling and Monitoring the Water and Land Resources of Central Asia” to take place in Almaty City. |
Lessons learnt and recommendations made | Lessons learnt: Deployment of sprinkling irrigation systems allows increasing alfaalfa productivity and water saving as well enhancing soil reclamation condition and structure, watering efficiency, etc. Recommendations: It is necessary to widely introduce sprinkling irrigation to enhance the efficiency of water and land resources, reduce manual labor costs and save irrigation water. |
Formally, this competitive practice is routine while selecting the personnel/specialists for international and national projects, but their unbiased selection is not achieved in all cases. Quite often, various types of project participants are selected by way of “pulling strings” or based on the instruction of upper-tier agencies. |
Source of practice | Domestic tools (outcomes of research by domestic R&D organizations) |
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Readiness for implementation |
1. Cost of implementation: High 2. Approximate cost of investment per 1 ha: $3,000/ha 3. O&M costs: High 4. Expert support: Needed at implementation stage |
1. Cost of implementation: High 2. Approximate cost of investment per 1 ha: 3. O&M costs: High 4. Expert support: Not needed |
Brief information on the project | Project title: Sprinkling irrigation of alfaalfa in the conditions of Central Tajikistan. Project duration: 2013-2015. Project goal and objectives: deployment of sprinkling irrigation for alfaalfa; observance of optimal irrigation mode(s) and techniques ensuring 30 t/ha alfaalfa hay yield with minimal energy consumption in the conditions of Central Tajikistan. Project beneficiaries: farmers of Khosilot Farm. Project implementer: GU “TajikNIIGiM”. |
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Funding source | National budget via Ministry of Energy and Water Re-sources, GU “TajikNIIGiM” | Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Repub-lic, Global Water Partnership (GWP) in Kyrgyzstan |
Information sources | Research report by GU “TajikNIIGiM”, Dushanbe, 2015, 24 p. |
http://www.water.kg/index.php/ru/itemlist/category/93-seminary-i-treningi |
Contacts of a person, who filled this form | SIC ICWC |
SIC ICWC |
Form submission date | 03.04.2018 | 30.03.2018 |