TY  - CHAP
AB  - When agricultural productivity was studied in areas of the Zarafshan valley incorporating 26 rayons or counties, a clear relationship was found between increased use of water and decreased efficiency. Moreover, inefficiencies were most evident in the Bukhara region, where water quality is the poorest. There, an overall slide in productivity was evident. A shift to sustainable water use and farming practices was called for. Convergent findings were found in a second, computer modeling study. On an index of water overuse, a significant relationship between water overuse and a decline in agricultural production was again demonstrated. The potential impacts of climate change on agricutural productivity were also modeled, revealing a tentative relationship between a decline of productivity and a 1% increase in temperature.
VL  - 20
SN  - 978-1-78190-376-6, 978-1-78190-375-9/0196-1152
DO  - 10.1108/S0196-1152(2012)0000020022
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-1152(2012)0000020022
AU  - Hasanov Shavkat
AU  - Nomman Ahmed Mirza
AU  - Ganiev Ibragim
AU  - Murtazaev Olim
ED  - Michael R. Edelstein
ED  - Astrid Cerny
ED  - Abror Gadaev
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Cotton in our Ears: Water, Agriculture, and Climatic Change in the Post Aral Context
T2  - Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea and its Lessons for Sustainability
T3  - Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 187
EP  - 195
Y2  - 2024/04/27
ER  -