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Using GIS-technologies and remote-sensing tools to assess the reclamation condition of irrigated land

 

Title Using GIS-technologies and remote-sensing tools to assess the reclamation condition of irrigated land
Category of tools Monitoring system
Field of application
  • Use of water resources
  • Use of land resources
Usability of practice for adaptation to climate change High
Implemented by Management Department of the Foundation for Reclamation Improvement of Irrigated Land
Used by

Country: Uzbekistan

Province: Fergana Region
Practice also applied in the following localities

Syr Darya Region;

all districts of Fergana and Syr Darya Regions
Local specifics
  • Upper streams (Fergana Region) and mid streams (Syr Darya Region) of the Syr Darya River;
  • Shallow occurrence of ground water
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Practice usage period

Start date: 01.01.2010

End date: 31.12.2012
Problem solved through this practice

Overall poor performance of Reclamation Expeditions (RE) and speed of assessment of the reclamation condition of irrigated land
Tools used in the practice

GIS-technologies and remote-sensing tools
Description of the practice and its results

Before the introduction of GIS-technologies, REs performed all operations – including production of maps, identification of areas suffering from land salination, level of ground water mineralization, etc. 

 Actions:

  1. Enhancing the technical capacity of REs: provision of necessary equipment and tools, licensed GIS software, GPS devices, equipment for chemical analysis, etc.
  2. Enhancing personnel capacities:
  • Trainings and consultations of the personnel of Basin Irrigation Water Administrations (BIWAs) and REs abroad and in Uzbekistan;
  • Consultations by foreign and local GIS experts;
  • Development and distribution of training materials.

 Results: 

Financial and economic:

Reduction of the number of drafting technicians, saving on stationery, etc.

Technical:

Increased productivity and quality of works by RE office personnel.
Lessons learnt and recommendations made

Lessons learnt:

The practice has demonstrated the possibility and efficacy of successful and effective application of GIS-technologies for reclamation as well the overall demand for GIS-technologies and GIS-specialists in other areas (after project completion, the “drain” of GIS-specialists to other industries/organizations started).

Recommendations:

Financial incentives are necessary to keep GIS-specialists in the water sector. It is necessary to scale-up the GIS-practices in other regional REs of Uzbekistan and irrigation-related organizations, including Water User Associations (WUAs).
Source of practice

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

Project title: Application of GIS-technologies for reclamation.

Project duration: Jan 2010-Dec 2012 (3 years).

Project goal and objectives: comprehensive support of Reclamation Expedition (RE) specialists; introduction of new technologies; enhancing RE technical capacities to ensure a more expedient implementation of projects to improve the reclamation condition of irrigated land with the aim of receiving better yields of agricultural goods with the simultaneous maintenance of environmental equilibrium in the area.

Project beneficiaries: Fergana Region and Syr Daria Region Reclamation Expeditions.

Project implementer: Management Department of the Foundation for Reclamation Improvement of Irrigated Land.
Funding source UNDP
Information sources

"Environmental Digest" Journal, Issue 11, 2012.
Form submission date 17.04.2018
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