SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE UNDER WATER
SCARCITY: IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF
WATER-ENERGY-FOOD NEXUS
A. Dolidudko - Scientific research institute of irrigation and water problems, Uzbekistan
Z. Bakhtiyorov - Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Tajikistan
K. Khamraev - Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers Bukhara Branch
M. Nasirova - Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers
A. Osmonov - Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences, Kyrgyzstan
M.D. Peña-Guerrero - Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany
Abstract
Article contains brief information about sustainability of agriculture under water scarcity under the climate change in
Central Asia and impact assessment in the context of WEF nexus of Chirchik river basin located in Tashkent region. Purpose
of the article is aimed at the efficient use of water resources for increasing food and energy production in Tashkent Region
followed by proposing scenarios based on the current energy demand, industrialization potential and agricultural production
for the region within a time horizon of 10 years.
Key words: sustainability of agriculture, water scarcity, water-energy-food nexus, Tashkent region, Chirchik river basin,
scenarios.

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