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 …

Agricultural landscapes (rural landscapes, agrolandscapes) are territories shaped by
agricultural production. They have enabled the development of human civilizations and are …

Reduced river runoff and expected upstream infrastructural developments are both potential
threats to irrigation water availability for the downstream countries in Central Asia. Although …

Khorezm region is located in the northwest of Uzbekistan, approximately 350 km from the
current shore of the Aral Sea. It comprises a large-scale irrigation system which conveys …

Khorezm region is located in the northwest of Uzbekistan, approximately 350 km from the
current shore of the Aral Sea. It comprises a large-scale irrigation system which conveys …

Central Asia is the global hotspot of a nexus of resources. Land, water and food are key
issues in this nexus. We analysed the status of land and water resources and their potential …

With independence in 1991, Uzbekistan, as most of Central Asia, entered into a phase of
socio-economic transformation. In agriculture, this state-driven restructuring of the former …

Previous research established field capacity (Fc) based irrigation scheduling for upland
cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) varieties in Uzbekistan. In this paper, the irrigation …

This article studies the layered coexistence and mutual shaping of three forms of
differentiation (functional, segmentary, hierarchical) in rural Uzbekistan, a region of world …

Transformation of the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan from forested to agricultural landscapes
resulted in the formation of hundreds of lakes, the dynamics of which are largely controlled …