Improved Water Management to Increase Crop Productivity
An irrigation system renovated with USAID support will increase farmland productivity by 15 percent and reduce water consumption by 25 percent at the Kanal Suv Yuli water users association in Djizzak Province. The USAID-funded Water Users Associations Support Project helped the Kanal Suv Yuli association to plan and conduct rehabilitation of their irrigation and drainage system. From 2005-2007 the community rehabilitated 3.8 kilometers of irrigation ditches and 2.6 kilometers of drainage system, built a 1.5 kilometer drainage canal, and installed a water measuring device and five gates at water distribution points. These renovations will improve access to water for nearly 100 hundred farms and garden lots representing 1,800 hectares of irrigated land.
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The USAID-funded project is helping farmers to restore their irrigation systems and improve harvests from their fields
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