14 August 2012, Jalal-Abad Oblast, Kyrgyzstan - Farmers gathered at the main irrigation channel where water flows to secondary irrigation channels which irrigate the fields. The farmers decide how and when to distribute the water and to which farms.
FAO Project: UNJP/KYR/005/UNJ - Small-scale community based agriculture to enhance and diversify agricultural production and rural livelihoods. Improved performance of selected irrigation schemes; Twenty national staff trained in assessment of irrigation schemes and preparation of modernization plans; Modernization plans prepared for selected irrigation schemes; Key structures improved and changes in management, including operational procedures, proposed in selected irrigation schemes; Farmers organizations strengthened and with improved skills in irrigated agriculture; Farmers field schools established focusing on diversified irrigated agriculture production; and Water users associations created where not existing within the irrigation schemes selected.