Water and Food Security in Central Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Water and Food Security in Central Asia

   • Viktor A. Dukhovny, Stulina Galina

   Pages 1-23

3. Global Challenges in Water Management: The Canadian Context

   • Chandra Madramootoo, Robert Baker, Aly Shady, Helen Fyles

   Pages 25-35

4. Integrated Water Resources Management

   • Vadim Sokolov

   Pages 37-52

5. Food Security and the Improvement of Water Use Efficiency

   • Said Yokubzod

   Pages 53-58

6. Security and Water Resources Management Problems and Experience in the Amudarya River Basin

   • Yuldash Khudayberganov

   Pages 59-67

7. Threats to Water Security in the Republic of Kazakhstan: The Transboundary Context and Possible Ways to Eliminate Them

   • Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Ryabtsev

   Pages 69-75

8. The Role of Land Reclamation in the Socio-Economic Progress in Uzbekistan and Government Support Policies of Water Management

   • Shavkat R. Khamraev

   Pages 77-83

9. Experience of Coordinated Water Resources Use of the Syrdarya River Basin States

   • Makhmud Khamidov

   Pages 85-90

10. IWRM Results in South Kyrgyzstan in Terms of Water Productivity Improvement

    • Barataly Turanovich Koshmatov

    Pages 91-98

11. Assessment of the Efficiency of “IWRM - Fergana” Project’s Impact in the Republic of Uzbekistan

    • Sergei Alexeyevich Nerozin

    Pages 99-106

12. Issues of Capacity Building and Training in IWRM Implementation for Achieving Socio-Economic Stability Through Higher Productivities of Water and Land Use in the Region

    • Pulatkhon Umarov

    Pages 107-119

13. Scenarios of Future Development in the Aral Sea Basin

    • Anatoly Sorokin

    Pages 121-130

14. Food Security: Quantity and Quality Matters for Eating Good Bread in Uzbekistan

    • Kienzler Kirsten, Nazar Ibragimov, John P. A. Lamers

    Pages 131-142

15. Water Resources: The Basis for the Socio-Economic Development in the Lower Reaches of the Amudarya: A Case Study of Karakalpakstan

    • Kurbanbaev Erejep, Karimova Olga Yushevna, Kurbanbaev Sagit

    Pages 143-148

16. Experience in Controlling Structures of Volzhski-Kamsk Cascade of Reservoirs and Issues of Socio-Economic and Environmental Stability in the Volga Region

    • Sergei Yevstaphievich Bednaruk

    Pages 149-159

17. Alternative Sources of Water Supply to Minor Water Consumers in the Deserts of Central Asia

    • Agajan Geldiyevich Babaev

    Pages 161-166

18. SCADA – Instrument for Increasing Water Productivity

    • Ismail Begimov

    Pages 167-178

19. Central Asia Regional Water Information Base – CAREWIB

    • Iskander Ferdinandovich Beglov

    Pages 179-195

20. Steady Management of Transboundary Drainage Water

    • Myratgheldy Akmammedov

    Pages 197-205

Central Asia is vulnerable to water scarcity because it is located in semiarid and arid vegetation zones and large parts of its economy depend on water for irrigation and energy. Climate-change scenarios predict temperature increases and a rising number of extreme weather events, which will exacerbate water shortages in the future. In addition, the population of Central Asia is growing more rapidly than the rate of food production which is resulting in food insecurity in many parts of the region too. This volume reports the deliberations of politicians, scientists and representatives of water management organizations from throughout Central Asia. Their contributions not only highlight areas of concern, but also propose numerous ideas for improving the long-term water- and food security in the region.

• Food Security
• Transboundary Water
• Water Governance
• Water Scarcity
• water policy
• water quality and water pollution

• Fac. Agriculture &, Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

  Chandra Madramootoo

• , (SIC -ICWC), Scientific Information Center of the Int, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

  Victor Dukhovny

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