CGIAR Research Program "Dryland Systems"

• About
• Strategic Reseach Themes
• Action Sites
  • Aral Sea Region
    • Marginal Lands
    • Water use efficiency
    • On-farm adaptive trials
    • Seed systems
    • Innovation Platform
    • Knowledge Management
    • Geoinformatics
  • Fergana Valley
    • Water use efficiency
    • On-farm adaptive trials
    • Seed systems
    • Innovation Platform
    • Knowledge Management
    • Geoinformatics
  • Rasht Valley
    • Innovation Platform
    • Knowledge Management
• Events
  • Inception Workshop
  • Fergana Meeting
• Reports and Resources
• Gender Empowerment
• Baseline Survey
  • Baseline Data

Improve water use efficiency through innovative technologies in irrigation and farming in cereals, potato, vegetable, horticultural and fodder crops

Objectives:

Determine irrigation technologies, cropping systems, institutional setup of water management for improving WUE at household, farm and WUA levels

Geographical Location (s) including the Action Sites:

Aral Sea Region (Karakalpakistan)

Research Questions:

• What is an impact of soil conservation technologies on WUE

Main activities:

• analyses of water use efficiency under soil conservation practices
• Impact of soil conservation technologies on WUE.

Study areas:

• Karauziak, Karakalpakistan

Partners: ICARDA and IWMI

Local partners:

• Karakalpakistan Branch of Research Center of Water Problems under Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration
• Karakalpakistan Branch of Land Use Institute