The rapidly growing population in Uzbekistan has put massive pressure on limited water resources, resulting in frequent water shortages. Irrigation is by far the major water use. Improving irrigation water use through the institutional change of establishing water consumer associations (WCAs)…
The President, in order to create favorable conditions for further sustainable agricultural development, unconditional provision of timely and high-quality implementation of a set of measures for the development of irrigation, improvement of reclamation state of irrigated lands and rational use…
Non-tropical dry areas cover over 40% of the world’s land surface with a growing population of more than 2.5 billion people. These people grow 44% of the world’s food and keep half of the world’s livestock, yet one in six live in chronic poverty. Dry areas also face major challenges, including…
This document presents the Strategic Plan of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas for the period from 2017 to 2026. ICARDA’s mission is to enhance food, water, and nutritional security and environmental health in the face of global challenges, including climate…
To help break the cycle of poverty, improve food and nutritional security, halt or reverse the alarming process of resource degradation in the dry areas, and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change, ICARDA’s Strategic Plan 2017-2026 outlines our research and…
The President decrees to establish beginning from the harvest of 2018 the modalities, according to which: (a) the efficiency of land plots tenure pertaining to farms shall be discussed at the local government meetings on a quarterly basis, while the efficiency of use of agricultural land areas…
The President, with a view of further improvement of operation of state unitary enterprise “Uzmeliomashleasing”, stimulation of the delivery of modern drainage and other machinery and equipment to building organizations specialized in reclamation and other water management operations,…
This Regulation on the State Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography and Land Cadastre defines its status, main tasks, functions, rights and liability, and also the procedure for operation thereof. State Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography and Land Cadastre shall be a…
The Regulation defines the main tasks, functions, rights and responsibilities, as well as the organization of activities, in particular ensuring analytical (laboratory) control in the sphere of environmental protection of the Centre for specialized analytical control in the field of…
The President, with a view of strengthening control over protection and rational management of land, improvement of geodetic and cartographic activity, regulating keeping state cadastre and state registers, essential improvement of the operation of the State Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy…
The President, with a view of strengthening control over protection and rational management of land, improvement of geodetic and cartographic activity, regulating keeping state cadastre and state registers, decrees to validate the organizational structure of the State Committee on Land Resources…
In 2016, Uzbekistan celebrated twenty-five years of independence. Although government prioritized investment in agriculture sector, the social policy emphasized strongly institutional and organizational changes. As a result, women are mostly excluded from reforms’ benefits. This paper provides a…