Rural vulnerability to environmental change in the irrigated lowlands of Central Asia and options for policy-makers: A review
Climate change, land degradation and drought affect millions of people living in drylands
worldwide. With its food security depending almost entirely on irrigated agriculture, Central …
worldwide. With its food security depending almost entirely on irrigated agriculture, Central …
Conservation agriculture in Central Asia—What do we know and where do we go from here?
KM Kienzler, JPA Lamers, A McDonald… - Field Crops …, 2012 - Elsevier
Rainfed and irrigated agricultural systems have supported livelihoods in the five Central
Asian countries (CAC) for millennia, but concerns for sustainability and efficient use of land …
Asian countries (CAC) for millennia, but concerns for sustainability and efficient use of land …
Derivation of temporal windows for accurate crop discrimination in heterogeneous croplands of Uzbekistan using multitemporal RapidEye images
Recently launched and upcoming satellite systems are expected to make crop mapping
increasingly accurate and operational. This study aims at an evaluation of the optimum …
increasingly accurate and operational. This study aims at an evaluation of the optimum …
Farm restructuring and land consolidation in Uzbekistan: New farms with old barriers
In this article we investigate the potential for and limitations of land consolidation as a tool for
rural development in transitional environments, focusing on the Khorezm region in …
rural development in transitional environments, focusing on the Khorezm region in …
Modeling irrigated cotton with shallow groundwater in the Aral Sea Basin of Uzbekistan: I. Water dynamics
In Khorezm, a region located in the Aral Sea basin of Uzbekistan, water use for irrigation of
predominantly cotton is high whereas water use efficiency is low. To quantify the seasonal …
predominantly cotton is high whereas water use efficiency is low. To quantify the seasonal …
Improving the robustness of cotton status characterisation by radiative transfer model inversion of multi-angular CHRIS/PROBA data
WA Dorigo - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Compact High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer/Project for On-Board Autonomy
(CHRIS/PROBA) mission has provided an unprecedented opportunity to study the potential …
(CHRIS/PROBA) mission has provided an unprecedented opportunity to study the potential …
Options and constraints for crop diversification: a case study in sustainable agriculture in Uzbekistan
This article describes various opportunities but also constraints to greater crop
diversification, and the impact on local sustainability in the Khorezm province of Uzbekistan …
diversification, and the impact on local sustainability in the Khorezm province of Uzbekistan …
Simulating the impact of water saving irrigation and conservation agriculture practices for rice–wheat systems in the irrigated semi-arid drylands of Central Asia
Resource scarcity (labor, water, and energy) and high production costs are challenging the
sustainability of conventional methods for rice and wheat establishment in Central Asia …
sustainability of conventional methods for rice and wheat establishment in Central Asia …
Conversion of degraded cropland to tree plantations for ecosystem and livelihood benefits
This section summarizes the findings of a multidisciplinary, long-term research program that
assessed the potential of plantation forestry to rehabilitate a degraded, irrigated-agriculture …
assessed the potential of plantation forestry to rehabilitate a degraded, irrigated-agriculture …
Pros and cons of adopting water-wise approaches in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya: a socio-economic view
The increased frequency of water shortages parallel to growing demands for agricultural
commodities in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River, Central Asia, calls for improving …
commodities in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River, Central Asia, calls for improving …