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A STUDY OF WOMENS ROLE IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN THE

LOWER VAKSH RIVER BASIN, TAJIKISTAN

DECEMBER 2020

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

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Some rights reserved. Published in 2020.

ISBN 978-92-9262-590-0 (print); 978-92-9262-591-7 (electronic); 978-92-9262-592-4 (ebook)

Publication Stock No. TCS200384-2

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/TCS200384-2

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Cover design by Jasper Lauzon.

Project photos from Alan Clark and Nozilakhon Mukhamedova.

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Tables
	Inventory of General and Project Focus Water Users Associations in Relevant Districts
	Sex-Disaggregated Number of Dehkan Farm Members of Water Users Associations in Project Sites
	Top 5 Crops Sown in Right Tributary and Kumsangir Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 2019
	Survey Respondents Total Land Area by Type of Land
	Average Plot Size by Types of Land by Gender
	Payments to Seasonal Workers for Major Agricultural Activities and Crops
	Categorization and Description of Agricultural Occupations
A1.1	Overview of Types of Qualitative Methods, Respondents, and Locations
A1.2	Sampling Based on Survey Results by Gender
A1.3	Table of Respondent Replacements
A2.1	Water Intake in the Study Districts
A2.2	Irrigated Area (Gravity and Machine) in the Study Districts
A2.3	Water and Electricity Amounts and Total Prices in the Study Districts
Figures
	Dynamics of Farming Units, 19972017
	Vegetable and Fruit Yields by Farm Types, 20052016
	Average Production and Productivity in Water Users Association Member Farms
	Main Status or Activities of Respondents, Sex-Disaggregated
	Main Issues Related to Irrigation
	Crops Planted by Male and Female Respondents
	Application of Knowledge and Skills Gained from Training by Male and Female Respondents
	Types of Agricultural Work Currently Performed by Men and Women
A1	Interview Locations for Right Tributary and Kumsangir Irrigation and Drainage Systems
Boxes
	Drinking WaterA Vital Resource
	Taking Action for Better Service
	Making Seasonal Jobs Attractive and Accounted
	Reasons to Do Wage Work
	Every Wage Worker Should Be Accounted
	How I Became a Brigade Leader

Acknowledgments

This study was carried out under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) technical assistance (TA) project Preparing the Irrigation and Drainage Modernization in the Vaksh River Basin Project.

Yasmin Siddiqi, director, Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division (CWER) of ADBs Central and West Asia Department (CWRD), initiated the study and provided overall guidance and supervision. The report was researched and authored by Nozilakhon Mukhamedova, poverty and gender coordinator (TA consultant) with inputs from Mary Alice Rosero and Maria Lisa Alano (consultants) of the Portfolio, Results, Safeguards and Gender Unit, CWRD. Jelle Beekma of the Water Sector Group of ADBs Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC); Prabhjot Khan of the Gender Equity Thematic Group, SDCC; and Gulnora Kholova (consultant), CWRD, provided technical reviews and comments. CWERs Akihiro Shimasaki, Noriko Sato, and Kristine Joy S. Villagracia led the publication process. Zarema Akhmadieva and Husnoro Saidova helped the author during the preparation of the report.

The ADB Tajikistan Resident Missionheaded by Pradeep Srivastava, country directorand the Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation in Dushanbe and in Yovon and Jayhun districts extended support in the administration of the study. The water users associations and study respondents provided sound inputs and utmost hospitality.

Abbreviations

ADB	Asian Development Bank
ALRI	Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation
ha	hectare

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