Irrigation service delivery and management transfer in Central Asia, Türkiye, and Azerbaijan
| dc.coverage | Central Asia | |
| dc.creator | Yakubov, M.; Smakhtin, V.; Domullodzhanov, D.; Marjani Zadeh, S.; (eds.); | |
| dc.date | 2025-12-12T11:41:59Z | |
| dc.date | 2025-12-12T11:41:59Z | |
| dc.date | 2025 | |
| dc.date | 2025-12-12T11:38:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T23:54:50Z | |
| dc.description | This FAO volume examines three decades of irrigation management reform in the FAO Subregional Office for Central Asia region, tracing the transition from the state-led “hydraulic mission” to farmer-based irrigation management transfer (IMT). While IMT was widely promoted as a means to improve efficiency, sustainability, and equity through water users' associations (WUAs), outcomes have been highly uneven, with successes, partial rollbacks, and even reversals.The book provides seven country case studies – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – that illustrate these divergent trajectories. Türkiye achieved large-scale transfers but has moved toward greater state oversight; Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan established broad WUA systems yet face persistent fragilities; Azerbaijan pilots new models; Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan show how weak legal and financial frameworks can undermine IMT; and Turkmenistan retains highly centralized water management.The findings stress that lasting irrigation sustainability requires more than institutional reform: it also depends on modernized infrastructure, water-saving technologies, inclusive governance, and integration with broader strategies for rural development and climate resilience. | |
| dc.format | 295 p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | 978-92-5-140061-6 | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd6629en | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/294959 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
| dc.title | Irrigation service delivery and management transfer in Central Asia, Türkiye, and Azerbaijan | |
| dc.type | Book (stand-alone) |