An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia

A 'farmer-centric' innovative institutional mechanism, a public-private partnership, was created and strengthened, in the Fergana valley of Central Asia, for facilitating communication between farmers and researchers, and to disseminate knowledge on improved agronomic and irrigation management pract...

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Autores principales: Jumaboev, Kahramon, Reddy, Junna Mohan, Muhammedjanov, S., Anarbekov, Oyture, Eshmuratov, Davron
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Academic Journals 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40180
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author Jumaboev, Kahramon
Reddy, Junna Mohan
Muhammedjanov, S.
Anarbekov, Oyture
Eshmuratov, Davron
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Eshmuratov, Davron
Jumaboev, Kahramon
Muhammedjanov, S.
Reddy, Junna Mohan
author_facet Jumaboev, Kahramon
Reddy, Junna Mohan
Muhammedjanov, S.
Anarbekov, Oyture
Eshmuratov, Davron
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description A 'farmer-centric' innovative institutional mechanism, a public-private partnership, was created and strengthened, in the Fergana valley of Central Asia, for facilitating communication between farmers and researchers, and to disseminate knowledge on improved agronomic and irrigation management practices to improve water productivity at field level. As a result, yields of cotton from the twenty five demonstration sites in the three countries of Fergana valley - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - were, on the average, 28% higher than the average yield of cotton in the valley, suggesting that the proposed institutional mechanism was very effective in dissemination of information to farmers. Yields from neighboring farmers of demonstration fields were 14% higher than the average yields. In addition, demonstration site farmers used, on the average, 20% less water than the non-project farmers. Two independent external reviewers stated that this innovative public-private mechanism was very effective in disseminating information on improving water productivity at plot level to farmers, and suggested that the focus in the future should be on devising effective policy and economic instruments for financial sustainability of the innovation cycle after the donor support is withdrawn.
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spelling CGSpace401802025-06-17T08:24:13Z An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia Jumaboev, Kahramon Reddy, Junna Mohan Muhammedjanov, S. Anarbekov, Oyture Eshmuratov, Davron agricultural extension public-private cooperation valleys water productivity farmers information dissemination crop yield cotton irrigation water irrigation systems water users associations institutions A 'farmer-centric' innovative institutional mechanism, a public-private partnership, was created and strengthened, in the Fergana valley of Central Asia, for facilitating communication between farmers and researchers, and to disseminate knowledge on improved agronomic and irrigation management practices to improve water productivity at field level. As a result, yields of cotton from the twenty five demonstration sites in the three countries of Fergana valley - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - were, on the average, 28% higher than the average yield of cotton in the valley, suggesting that the proposed institutional mechanism was very effective in dissemination of information to farmers. Yields from neighboring farmers of demonstration fields were 14% higher than the average yields. In addition, demonstration site farmers used, on the average, 20% less water than the non-project farmers. Two independent external reviewers stated that this innovative public-private mechanism was very effective in disseminating information on improving water productivity at plot level to farmers, and suggested that the focus in the future should be on devising effective policy and economic instruments for financial sustainability of the innovation cycle after the donor support is withdrawn. 2013 2014-06-13T14:47:06Z 2014-06-13T14:47:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40180 en Open Access Academic Journals Jumaboev, Kahramon; Reddy, Junna Mohan; Muhammedjanov, S.; Anarbekov, Oyture; Eshmuratov, Davron. 2013. An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia. Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, 5(1):21-30. doi: https://doi.org/10.5897/JAERD12.115
spellingShingle agricultural extension
public-private cooperation
valleys
water productivity
farmers
information dissemination
crop yield
cotton
irrigation water
irrigation systems
water users associations
institutions
Jumaboev, Kahramon
Reddy, Junna Mohan
Muhammedjanov, S.
Anarbekov, Oyture
Eshmuratov, Davron
An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia
title An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia
title_full An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia
title_fullStr An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia
title_full_unstemmed An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia
title_short An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia
title_sort innovative public private partnership for irrigation extension in fergana valley of central asia
topic agricultural extension
public-private cooperation
valleys
water productivity
farmers
information dissemination
crop yield
cotton
irrigation water
irrigation systems
water users associations
institutions
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40180
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