GovTech, World Bank / EU
Irrigation service fee system
Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management Project, World Bank and European Union
Client Ministry of Water Resources: Center for the Implementation of Foreign Investment Projects in Water Management
A pilot system that charges farmers for irrigation by the volume of water actually delivered. Delivered with Conven BvM as a joint venture, from legal analysis to installation and staff training.
Installed in three basin authorities of the Ferghana Valley and accepted with no claims on quality.
- regions: Andijan, Fergana, Namangan
- 3
- delivery
- 2023–2024
What we delivered
- 01
Legal and institutional analysis
What a volume-based fee needs in Uzbekistan's rules and institutions
- 02
Foreign experience
How other countries charge for irrigation by volume
- 03
Tariff algorithm
Fee calculated from the volume of water delivered to each farmer
- 04
Web platform
The fee system itself, connected to the ministry's network
- 05
Installation
Naryn-Karadarya, Syrdarya-Sokh and Naryn-Syrdarya basin authorities
- 06
Training
Monitoring, maintenance and capacity building for ministry staff