“Water is more than just a resource,” says IWMI’s Kakhramon Djumaboev, “Think of water as life; it is everyone’s responsibility to save it. In a country like Uzbekistan with scarce water resources, every drop of water should count.”
As an agronomist’s son born in the desert during the famous expansion of agricultural lands, Kakhramon’s life has always been intertwined with water. His father took part in the development of so-called “virgin lands” in Uzbekistan’s Mirzacho’l desert located on the left bank of the Syrdarya River, known also as the Hungry Steppe because of the complete absence of life. The Soviet government initiated an extensive land reclamation campaign to open up a vast tract of steppe land for grain and cotton cultivation by bringing water to the area. “My father took an active part in it,” Kakhramon adds.
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