Exploratory Assessment of Factors that Influence Quality of Local Irrigation Water Governance in Uzbekistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23549170 |
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| Authors | Rob Swinkels, Ekaterina Romanova (0000-0002-0944-7883), Evgeny Kochkin |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1596/25178 |
| OpenAlex | W2516295789 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Agriculture in Uzbekistan is almost \n entirely dependent on irrigation. However, despite reforms \n to institutional arrangements, much of Uzbekistan’s \n irrigation is reportedly caught in a vicious cycle of \n inadequate operation and maintenance, low cost recovery, and \n agricultural productivity that is often moderate or low; in \n addition, many farmers earn low incomes (World Bank, \n 2013).Few incentives exist to save water because farmers do \n not see the direct cost of water provision.This study was \n undertaken with the aim of contributing to better irrigation \n water management in Central Asia, beginning in Uzbekistan. \n It identifies factors and conditions that positively affect \n the performance of local irrigation water management \n institutions. The analytical framework for this assessment \n is formed by the eight design principles for the management \n of common-pool resources developed by Ostrom (1990). These \n design principles are in essence factors that are associated \n with successful collective action in governing common-pool \n resources such as irrigation water, forests, and fishing \n areas. By determining why these principles are met in some \n cases and not in others, and what factors are behind this \n variation, the author can identify measures that promote \n these factors/conditions in irrigation schemes. This study \n was undertaken with the aim of contributing to better \n irrigation water management in Central Asia, beginning in \n Uzbekistan. It identifies factors and conditions that \n positively affect the performance of local irrigation \n water–management institutions. The study also prepared an \n associated diagnostic tool that will help design measures \n and program interventions to strengthen these institutions \n in ongoing or future irrigation operations. Lastly, the work \n intends to contribute to an exchange of good practices and \n knowledge sharing among relevant stakeholders across the \n Central Asia region.
Agriculture · Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Incentive · Irrigation · Irrigation management · Natural resource economics · Productivity · Water resources · Engineering and Agricultural Innovations · Finance · Transboundary Water Resource Management
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