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Using MASSCOTE methodology for express assessment of the condition of Vakhdat municipal irrigation system

 

Title Using MASSCOTE methodology for express assessment of the condition of Vakhdat municipal irrigation system
Category of tools MASSCOTE methodology
Field of application
  • Use of water resources
  • Use of land resources
Usability of practice for adaptation to climate change Moderate
Implemented by UN FAO in the Republic of Tajikistan
Used by

Country: Tajikistan

Province: Districts of Republican Subordination

District: Vahdat

Settlement: town of Vakhdat
Practice also applied in the following localities

Govkush Irrigation Canal
Local specifics

Located in the Kafirnigan River Basin (river catchment area)
Practice usage period

Start date: 01.10.2016

End date: 31.12.2016
Problem solved through this practice

Poor technical condition, operation and maintenance of the irrigation system
Tools used in the practice

MASSCOTE methodology
Description of the practice and its results

Actions:

Mapping of the system and services depending on canals’ purpose.

Results:

Financial and economic:

economically effective, fair and sustainable water resource management.

Ecological:

integrated protection of key environmental elements, including prevention of raising ground water level and secondary soil salination as well as irrigation-induced soil erosion, etc.

Technical:

improved technical characteristics of municipal water supply to different stakeholders.

Social:

enhanced welfare of farm employees due to increased income.
Lessons learnt and recommendations made

Lessons learnt:

Express assessment based on MASSCOTE methodology allows to improve the planning of upgrading efforts to ensure better servicing of diversified water uses requiring higher supply flexibility and cost reduction.

Recommendations:

It is necessary to widely deploy the MASSCOTE methodology of express assessment of the condition of irrigation systems and enhancing their operation.
Source of practice

Foreign tools (transfer of foreign experience)
Brief information on the project

Project title: Using MASSCOTE methodology for express assessment of the condition of Vakhdat municipal irrigation system.

Project duration: 2016.

Project goal and objectives: designing the irrigation system upgrading and management plan based on MASSCOTE methodology of process diagnostics and assessment of irrigation system performance.

Project beneficiaries: land and water users.

Project implementer: UN FAO.
Funding source United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) in the Republic of Tajikistan
Form submission date 03.04.2018
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