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Agricultural water management and ecosystem services in the Aral-Syrdarya watershed, Kazakhstan - Searching for novel ways to share water and improve ecosystem services in Kazakhstan

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Title Agricultural water management and ecosystem services in the Aral-Syrdarya watershed, Kazakhstan - Searching for novel ways to share water and improve ecosystem services in Kazakhstan
 
Creator Nangia, Vinay
 
Contributor Charre, Simon
Inozemtseva, Anna
Srinivasan, Raghavan
Mulla, David
 
Subject rios
swat
 
Description Nestled between the Syr Darya River and the Karatau mountain range, idyllic Turkestan region in South Kazakhstan Province is situated 250 km downstream from the Chardara reservoir. Agricultural land in this region is well-irrigated and mostly used for growing cotton, alfalfa, maize and fruits. Other economic activities in the region include fishing, livestock-raising and tourism, some of which are women-owned enterprises. People in urban areas also rely on the Syr Darya River for business. With many livelihoods dependent on this river, the Kazakhstan portion of the Aral-Syrdarya watershed, an area stretching from the Chardara reservoir to the Aral Sea, faces various challenges. Downstream water users are affected by the high concentration of pesticides, sediments and sewage carried in the river water from upstream areas. Along with this, unsustainable water uses, outdated irrigation systems and riparian forest logging also create a series of difficulties for downstream water users and harm productivity and people’s livelihoods.
 
Date 2016-09-20T11:16:23Z
2016-09-20T11:16:23Z
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier http://www.espconference.org/espconference2015
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Vinay Nangia, Simon Charre, Anna Inozemtseva, Raghavan Srinivasan, David Mulla. (13/11/2015). Agricultural water management and ecosystem services in the Aral-Syrdarya watershed, Kazakhstan - Searching for novel ways to share water and improve ecosystem services in Kazakhstan. Amman, Jordan.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4920
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format DOCX
 
Publisher International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
 
Source 8th Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) Conference;