Agricultural water and energy management in Tajikistan: a new opportunity
Xenarios S. Laldjebaev M. Shenhav R.
January 2021Routledge
International Journal of Water Resources Development
2021#37Issue 1118 - 136 pp.
Agricultural water use in Tajikistan is largely based on mechanized irrigation pumps. The farming community cannot afford the cost of the energy used for pumping, resulting in large debts to the service provider. We propose limiting pumping facilities for five years in exchange for energy export to neighbouring countries. The energy export could cover the annual pumping expenditures, pay off agricultural debt and partly rehabilitate the irrigation network. We suggest three scenarios with different pumping energy reductions, and the relevant technical parameters of the set-aside scheme are assessed.
agriculture , Central Asia , hydropower , irrigation pumping , Water-energy nexus
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Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Environment Resource Efficiency Cluster, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
School of Arts and Sciences, University of Central Asia, Khorog, Tajikistan
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Graduate School of Public Policy
Environment Resource Efficiency Cluster
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Groningen
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