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Riverside Technology, Inc. http://www.riverside.com/projects/marketing_flyers/Tajikistan_WUA.asp |
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Since the breakup of
the Soviet Union in
1991, Tajikistan has
struggled to regain
economic momentum.
The World
Bank-funded Farm
Privatization
Support Project and
Rural Infrastructure
Rehabilitation
Project in
Tajikistan were
designed
Staff from Riverside Technology, inc. (RTi) have assisted in the establishment and development of 26 Water User Associations (WUAs) covering 95,000 ha of irrigated land throughout Tajikistan. These staff have developed numerous WUA establishment and development manuals (in English, Russian, and Tajik), and have conducted extensive WUA training programs throughout Tajikistan.
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to
revitalize the Tajik
rural sector through
an ambitious program
of land
privatization,
agricultural
development, rural
credit service,
rehabilitation of
irrigation systems
and village drinking
water systems, and
the development of
users groups for
both irrigation and
drinking water.
RTi
staff have been
instrumental in
developing and
submitting to the
Tajik national
parliament a
complete legal
framework for WUAs
in Tajikistan,
developing and
implementing a WUA
monitoring system,
assisting with the
development and
introduction of WUA
irrigation service
fees and water
charges, and
coordinating and
linking WUA
institutional
strengthening
activities with the
projects’ physical
rehabilitation
program. Other
activities have
included
coordinating WUA
institutional
strengthening
programs with the
projects’
agricultural
development
activities, and
developing rules and
procedures for
irrigation asset
transfer from
government to WUAs.