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Название практики Sprinkling irrigation of alfaalfa in the conditions of Central Tajikistan Holding the Integrated Water Resources Management Olympiad (Academic Competition)
Category Water resources Water resources
Tool Sprinkling system
Field of application
  • Use of water resources
  • Use of land resources

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
  • Ground water occurrence below 5 meters;
  • Typical gray soil, surface slope – 0.04.
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:

  • Project design and budgeting, procurement of sprinkling nozzles;
  • Installation of sprinkling irrigation system, alfaalfa planting and cultivation, crop care.

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)

  • Domestic tools (outcomes of research by domestic R&D organizations),
  • Foreign tools (transfer of foreign experience)
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”.

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 

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