Название практики | Using MASSCOTE methodology for express assessment of the condition of Vakhdat municipal irrigation system | Water-charging irrigation for rangelands used for growing forage crops |
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Category | Water resources | Water resources |
Tool | MASSCOTE methodology | Irrigation technique and technology |
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• Use of water resources |
Usability of practice for adaptation to climate change | Moderate | High |
Implemented by | UN FAO in the Republic of Tajikistan |
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Used by |
Country: Tajikistan Province: Districts of Republican Subordination District: Vahdat Other settlement: town of Vakhdat |
Country: Kazakhstan Province: Jambyl Region District: Talas District Other settlement: Village of Sadu Shakirov |
Local specifics | Located in the Kafirnigan River Basin (river catchment area) |
The site is located in the desert foothill plain in South-ern Kazakhstan (internal drain area) at the very end of Sharuashlyk Irrigation Canal. |
Practice usage period |
Start date: 01.10.2016 End date: 31.12.2016 |
Start date: 01.05.2008 End date: 30.04.2009 |
Problem solved through this practice | Poor technical condition, operation and maintenance of the irrigation system |
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). |
Tools used in the practice | MASSCOTE methodology |
Method of autumn and winter water-charging irrigation |
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. |
Actions: Results: Financial and economic: Technical: |
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. |
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: |
Source of practice | Foreign tools (transfer of foreign experience) |
Traditional tools transferred from generation to generation that proved their efficiency in modern conditions |
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: 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. |
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 |
Funding source | United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) in the Republic of Tajikistan | Kogal LLC |
Information sources | 1) UNDP Compilation “Climate change adaptation: ex-amples from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan”, Tashkent 2012; |
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Contacts of a person, who filled this form | SIC ICWC |
SIC ICWC |
Form submission date | 03.04.2018 | 29.03.2018 |