A5102820551- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Engineering and Agricultural Innovations
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Water resources management and optimization
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Soil and Environmental Studies
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Plant responses to water stress
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest ecology and management
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
University of Bonn
2013-2022
Center of Advanced European Studies and Research
2009-2016
University of Reading
2016
Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia
2016
Centre for Research and Development
2015
UNESCO
2010-2011
Urgench State University
2009-2011
Scientific Research and Development (Germany)
2010
University of Hohenheim
1994-1999
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
1996-1998
To reduce the risks of climate change, governments agreed in Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise less than 2.0 °C above pre-industrial levels, with ambition keep warming 1.5 °C. Charting appropriate mitigation responses requires information on costs mitigating versus associated damages for two levels warming. In this assessment, a critical consideration is impact crop yields and yield variability regions currently challenged by food insecurity. The current study assessed impacts...
Cropland abandonment is globally widespread and has strong repercussions for regional food security the environment. Statistics suggest that one of hotspots abandoned cropland located in drylands Aral Sea Basin (ASB), which covers parts post-Soviet Central Asia, Afghanistan Iran. To date, exact spatial temporal extents remain unclear, hampers land-use planning. Abandoned land a potentially valuable resource alternative uses. Here, we mapped ASB with time series Normalized Difference...
Abstract In this article we investigate the potential for and limitations of land consolidation as a tool rural development in transitional environments, focusing on Khorezm region Uzbekistan, Central Asia. We frame our analysis broader evaluation economic based European experiences. It is argued that both tradition Uzbek case indicate an isolated measure may trigger many unfavourable side-effects, environment it requires even more careful tailoring measures embedding various institutional settings.
Extensive degradation of irrigated croplands, due to increasing soil salinity and depletion nutrient stocks, is a major problem in Central Asia (CA), one the largest areas world. To assess potential for improving productive capacity degraded lands by afforestation, we examined N2 fixation Elaeagnus angustifolia L. mixed plantations with non-fixing Populus euphratica Oliv. Ulmus pumila Fixation was quantified 15N natural abundance technique based on both foliar whole-plant sampling during...
The increased frequency of water shortages parallel to growing demands for agricultural commodities in the lower reaches Amu Darya River, Central Asia, calls improving system-level use efficiency, by using interventions at field level. Despite existence various best practices effective (defined here as “water-wise options”), they are not widely adopted farmers owing high initial costs investment and lack necessary knowledge skills a new generation after Soviet era. For assessing potential...
This article describes various opportunities but also constraints to greater crop diversification, and the impact on local sustainability in Khorezm province of Uzbekistan Aral Sea basin. At present, approximately 70% area this study region is sown irrigated cotton winter wheat under so-called state mandate. We present evidence benefits moving away from approach toward more diversified farming with an increasing alternative crops selected region. report a series studies that included a)...
This study analyzed the financial attractiveness of Clean Development Mechanism Afforestation and Reforestation (CDM A/R) in irrigated agricultural settings. The Net Present Value (NPV) Internal Rate Return (IRR) CDM A/R were estimated by analyzing case Khorezm region Uzbekistan, where a mixed-species tree plantation was established on marginal cropland. dual purposes carbon sequestration production fruits, leaves as fodder, fuelwood studied over seven-year rotation period. We compared...