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Название практики Using low-pressure impulse mist irrigation system for watering agricultural crops Обустройство родников для улучшения водопоя животных
Category Water resources Water resources
Tool Sprinkling system Public participation principle
Field of application

Use of water resources

Использование водных ресурсов

Usability of practice for adaptation to climate change High Moderate
Implemented by Sh. Shotemur Tajik Agrarian University
Общественный Фонд (ОФ) «САMP-Алатоо»
Used by

Country: Tajikistan

Province: Districts of Republican Subordination

District: Rudaki

Country: Kyrgyzstan

Province: Chuy Region

District: Sokuluk District

Local specifics
  • Located in the Varzob River Basin (right-bank tributary of the Kafirnigan (Kofarnihon) River);
  • Valley section of the Kafirnigan River Basin (river catchment area);
  • Deep (below 5 m) ground water occurrence;
  • Other peculiarities: middle loamy soils.

Объект расположен в полузасушливой зоне с острой нехваткой водных ресурсов в летний период. Деградация земель.

Practice usage period

Start date: 01.04.2012

End date: 31.10.2013

Start date: 01.01.2011

End date: 31.12.2011

Problem solved through this practice

Surface irrigation is associated with considerable water losses, uneven root zone moistening, increasing irrigation-induced soil erosion, low labor productivity of irrigators, low irrigation system efficiency, etc.

Степень водообеспеченности пастбищных земель очень низкая, количество перегона скота на водопой меньше, чем по нормативу, эрозия почв.

Tools used in the practice

Low-pressure impulse mist irrigation system

Технология обустройства родников для водопоя животных

Description of the practice and its results

Actions:

- Construction of low-pressure impulse mist irrigation system (procurement of polyethylene piping, pumping unit, cassette filter);
- Installation of pumping equipment, settling pond, impulse mist sprinkling nozzles.

Results:

Financial and economic:

rational use of irrigation water; enhanced efficiency of water and land resources use; low cost ($4,164/ha) compared to the basic option ($4,326/ha).

Ecological:

no damage to atmosphere, water and soil and production of ecologically clean agricultural produce.

Technical:

the system operates under low pressure enough to ensure sufficient mist sprinkling irrigation (high-quality artificial rain) creating the necessary microclimate stimulating proper plant growth and development, ensuring even and highly uniform soil moistening; the system is easy to assemble and operate.

Social:

reduced irrigation costs on behalf of water users due to smaller volume of consumed irrigation water; increased profitability of farms due to higher crops productivity.

Мероприятия:

Сначала определено точное место выклинивания воды и
очищено от грязевой массы. Ниже 15 метров от этого места построены 3 сообщающиеся корыта для водопоя. Длина каждого корыта 1,8 метра, ширина 0,50 метра и глубина 0,50 метра. Каждое последующее корыто размещено ниже предыдущего, и вода поступает в виде каскада в нижние части земель.

Результаты:

Финансово-экономические:
Скот набирает живой вес быстрее.

Технические:
Улучшилась водообеспеченность территории, в том числе для скота.

Lessons learnt and recommendations made

Lessons learnt:

Low-pressure impulse mist irrigation system allows improving the overall conditions in greenhouses and/or lemon tree nurseries – rain-like water distribution curbs irrigation-induced soil erosion and unproductive water losses in the course of irrigation.

Recommendations:

It is necessary to widely deploy low-pressure impulse mist sprinkling systems with the aim of irrigation automation and saving irrigation water.

Уроки:

Сбор воды в одно место практиковался с древних времен, но он со временем был забыт. Восстановление традиционного опыта следует приветствовать.

Рекомендации:

Нужно продолжать такие мероприятия, так как такие практики выгодны не только местному населению, но они обеспечивают водой и диких животных, а также увеличивают пастбищные сенокосные площади.

Source of practice

Domestic tools (outcomes of research by domestic R&D organizations)

Традиционные инструменты, передаваемые из поколения в поколение и показавшие ценность в современных условиях

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: Low

2. Approximate cost of investment per 1 ha:

3. O&M costs: Low

4. Expert support: Needed at implementation stage

Brief information on the project

Project title: Low-pressure impulse mist sprinkling system for greenhouses and/or lemon tree nurseries.

Project duration: Apr 2012-Oct 2013.

Project goal and objectives: development and deployment of new low-pressure impulse mist irrigation system for greenhouses and lemon tree nurseries in the context of acute water shortage to ensure even distribution of irrigation water, exclude irrigation-induced soil erosion and unproductive irrigation water losses, thus, leading to water and power saving.

Project beneficiaries: “Ziroatkor” Farm.

Project implementer: Sh. Shotemur Tajik Agrarian University

Funding source “Tajikistan Water Partnership” NGO (ОФ) «САMP-Алатоо» - местное население
Information sources

Report by Tajikistan Water Partnership, Dushanbe, 2012, 18 p.

WOCAT.net.

Абдыбек Асаналиев, Кыргызский Национальный Аграрный Университет, Бишкек
asanaly61@mail.ru

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