Название практики | Water-charging irrigation for rangelands used for growing forage crops | Using the technology of crops irrigation via ground water feeding in conditions of acute water shortage |
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Category | Water resources | Water resources |
Tool | Irrigation technique and technology | |
Field of application | • Use of water resources |
Use of water resources |
Usability of practice for adaptation to climate change | High | Moderate |
Implemented by | Science and Information Center of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission (ICWC SIC) |
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Used by |
Country: Kazakhstan Province: Jambyl Region District: Talas District Other settlement: Village of Sadu Shakirov |
Country: Uzbekistan Province: Fergana Region District: Qo'shtepa District Other settlement: Komilzhon Kurbonov Sakhovati Farm |
Local specifics | The site is located in the desert foothill plain in South-ern Kazakhstan (internal drain area) at the very end of Sharuashlyk Irrigation Canal. |
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Practice usage period |
Start date: 01.05.2008 End date: 30.04.2009 |
Start date: 01.01.2014 End date: 31.12.2015 |
Problem solved through this practice | Acute water shortage; land degradation in the village of Sadu Shakirov; abandoned irrigated arable lands used only for year-round cattle grazing. For a long time, the irrigation canal was not operation-al and, thus, became dilapidated. The situation in the area was aggravated by climate change impacts (de-creased quantity of early spring, summer and winter precipitation, increased average annual temperature, spring and autumn frost bites and summer droughts). |
Deficiency of irrigation water during certain periods of vegetation |
Tools used in the practice | Method of autumn and winter water-charging irrigation |
Technology of crop irrigation via ground water feeding the level of which is regulated by means of a control device installed in the observation well |
Description of the practice and its results | Actions: Results: Financial and economic: Technical: |
The gate devices used abroad are expensive and inconvenient as to their maintenance. The control device designed by the ICWC Research Center allows regulating ground water level (GWL) by way of altering the device’s height (for example, its height can be 90 cm). Besides, it is easily installed and dismantled after use. Actions:
Results: Financial and economic:
Technical: rational use of surface water. Environmental: reduced drainage. |
Lessons learnt and recommendations made | Lessons learnt: Application of water-charging irrigation demonstrated the efficiency of water use and allowed local popula-tion to go through winter without losing livestock. Recommendations: |
Lessons learnt: The approach has been proved as a constructive way of converting research outcomes into real-life solutions. The approach will also help expanding the results of controlled drainage from the field level to the level of WUA and, over time, up to the level of irrigation system. Recommendations: It is necessary to scale-up the practice in other regions and districts with identical conditions of irrigated land and install this control model in other CHD zones. |
Source of practice | Traditional tools transferred from generation to generation that proved their efficiency in modern conditions |
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Readiness for implementation |
1. Cost of implementation: High 2. Approximate cost of investment per 1 ha: 3. O&M costs: High 4. Expert support: Not needed |
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: Fall and early spring Irrigation of arable land and pastures as an adaptation mechanism of ra-tional water use in Southern Kazakhstan Duration: May 1, 2008 – April 30, 2009 Project goal and objectives: reduce land degradation due to climate change by way of rational use of irriga-tion water. The project was implemented to prevent loss of cattle due to forage shortage during alternating droughty years. Project beneficiaries: local population. Project implementer: Kogal LLC |
Project title: Management of irrigation and drainage systems for sustainable productivity growth in the Fergana Valley of Central Asia. Project duration: Aug 2014-Dec 2015. Project goals: improve irrigation and drainage systems and enhance the efficiency of crops watering. Project objectives: manage GWL by way of controlling CHD with the aim of increasing crops water supply, enhance irrigation efficiency and decrease the amount of drainage and pollutants discharge; assess the influence of water supply and CHD regulation on soil humidity and drainage discharge; assess the difference of drainage and drainage water quality between controlled (managed) and conventional drainage models. Project beneficiaries: target farm. Project implementer: ICWC SIC. |
Funding source | Kogal LLC | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) |
Information sources | 1) UNDP Compilation “Climate change adaptation: ex-amples from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan”, Tashkent 2012; |
Dukhovny, V., Kenjabaev, Sh., Yakubov, Sh., Umirzakov, G., 2017. Controlled sub-surface drainage as a strategy for improved water management in irrigated agriculture of Uzbekistan. Transactions of the 13th International Drainage Workshop of ICID “Drainage and environmental sustainability”, Ahwaz, Iran, March 4-7, 2017. Collection of research works by ICWC SIC, 15th Issue, Tashkent City, pp. 109-114. |
Contacts of a person, who filled this form | SIC ICWC |
SIC ICWC |
Form submission date | 29.03.2018 | 30.04.2018 |