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Technical support Training / awareness raising: Training provided for land users. Training in the form of demonstration areas, public meetings Training focused on drip irrigation technology, knowledge about varying quantities for plants during the growing season according to the hydrological cycle, etc. Advisory service: Name: Drip irrigation technology Key elements: 1. Water cycle: elaborated and explained to stakeholders during an initial stakeholder workshop as well as during field visits 2. Water-saving technologies: explained to stakeholders during stakeholder workshops. They were based on conceptual approaches and data gathered during field monitoring The extension system is quite adequate to ensure continuation of activities. The government cannot provide special services in order to ensure its continuation; however, farmer-to-farmer dissemination is working. Research: Yes, a moderate amount of research. The major topic covered the technology implementation Mostly on station and on-farm research. The implementation of drip irrigation technology under local conditions was performed by a team from the Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering under the framework of the EU-DESIRE project. External material support / subsidies Contribution per area (state/private sector): agricultural activities are subsidised by government Labour: Voluntary, paid in cash and rewarded with material support. Materials (pipes for irrigation system, water tank) for the implementation of the experimental plots were supplied to land users. Some of the land users’ activities, like monitoring of soil water capacity, were paid with small amounts of cash. Other work was implemented voluntarily. Input: Equipment – tools; fully financed. As this drip irrigation is in a testing phase, the materials for the irrigation system were financed by the project and not by the land users. Credit: This was not made available. Support to local institutions: Yes, moderate support with training The local administration organized some demonstration and training activities for local users. Monitoring and evaluation Monitored aspects Methods and indicators bio-physical technical Ad hoc measurements by government through farm visits and sampling of soils for chemical parameters (for example to control for ecological farming practices) Comparison of water consumption using drip irrigation and furrow irrigation. The very high water efficiency as well as the minimal rate of water used for crop growing by drip irrigation was clearly demonstrated. economic / production Ad hoc measurements by land users by comparing production between years Changes as result of monitoring and evaluation: There were no changes in the approach, but there were several changes in the technology. Some changes were made as a result of bio-physical monitoring of plant development according to water quantities, fertilizer application, etc. SLM Approach: Concerted thinking on common problems of water scarcity, Russian Federation DESIRE – WOCAT 2012 219
Impacts of the Approach Improved sustainable land management: Yes, considerable; decreased water use. Adoption by other land users / projects: Yes, some. Land users share their knowledge and experience with each other. Where this occurs, drip irrigation disseminates amongst the stakeholders. Improved livelihoods / human well-being: Yes, moderate. Possibilities to grow vegetables, to increase their income and to diversify their food. Improved situation of disadvantaged groups: Yes, moderate. It enables people with low income to avoid having to buy vegetables in the market by growing them for their own use and for sale. Poverty alleviation: Yes, a little. The practice allows people to produce food on their subsidiary plots. Training, advisory service and research: Training effectiveness Land users - good SLM specialists - fair Agricultural advisor / trainers - good Advisory service effectiveness Land users - good Planners – good Technicians / conservation specialists – good Research contributing to the approach's effectiveness Moderately, research is not finished yet Land/water use rights: The implementation of the approach moderately hindered by existing land/water use rights. Long-term impact of subsidies: Subsidies may help to start implementation that will have long-term positive impacts on efficient water use at villages with scarce water resources. Main motivation of land users to implement: Production: by using this technology people can increase food production. Well-being and livelihoods are improved: People want to save water, but also to improve their well-being SLM Sustainability of activities: Yes, land users can sustain the approach activities. Concluding statements Strengths and how to sustain/improve Weaknesses and how to overcome Concerted thinking by stakeholders on common problems of water scarcity in villages remote from water sources Provide bestpractice examples of water usage and initiate implementation of water-saving technologies Sharing water-saving knowledge with other users Implementation of water-saving technologies and dissemination of these skills to neighbours. Combating land degradation sharing this knowledge with other users Reduction of labour input Giving people more time for other activities Increasing the well-being of people: food availability for land users becomes enriched in terms of vegetables and some vegetables can be sold on the market Dissemination of these opportunities to other people Relatively high starting implementation costs Key reference(s): Zeiliguer, A., G. Sokolova, V. Semeonv, O. Ermolaeva. Results of field experimentations at 2008 to grow tomatoes under drip irrigation at Pallasovsky District of Volgograd Region. Proceeding of conference at MSUEE. 2008, p. 45-56. Contact person: Anatoly Zeiliguer, MSUEE – Moscow State University for Environmental Engineering, 19, Prjanishnikov Street, 127550 Moscow, Russia. Tel/fax:+7499 9764907, e-mail: azeiliguer@hotmail.ru 220 DESIRE – WOCAT Desire for Greener Land
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