Evaluating planning and delivery performance of Water User Associations (WUAs) in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1259-1267

  Kazbekov, Jusipbek ^a   Abdullaev, Iskandar ^b   Manthrithilake, Herath ^a   Qureshi, Asad ^a   Jumaboev, Kakhramon ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Uzbekistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Dependability; Efficiency; Equity; Furrow irrigation; Kolkhoz; Water user group

Indexed keywords

ADEQUACY; DEPENDABILITY; EQUITY; FURROW IRRIGATION; KOLKHOZ; WATER USER GROUP;

ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; MANAGERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FURROW IRRIGATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; OSH; WEST ASIA;

EID: 67349083245     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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