Dr. Maksud Bekchanov
Research themes
- Water resources (management)
- Land use and food security
- Renewable energy
- Environmental and climate change
- Health and sanitation
- Institutions
- Economic change and vulnerability
- Ecosystem services
- Sustainable use of natural resources
- Environmental Impact Analysis
- Agriculture, land use, climate change
Research countries
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Ethiopia
- India
- Laos
- Sri Lanka
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- South Africa
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Nepal
- Kazakhstan
- Burma/ Myanmar
Research projects
Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) research project at Ca' Foscari University of Venice: Strategic Investments in Mitigation, Adaptation, and Recycling Strategies at Basin Scale (SIMARIS; 2022-2024)
Research project funded by BMZ: Investment costs and policy action opportunities for reaching a world without hunger (SDG 2) (2020)
Research Project at ZEF and IWMI: Research and Capacity Building for Inter-sectorial Private Sector Involvement for Soil Rehabilitation (CB4SoilReha; 2016-2019)
Postdoctoral Research Project at IWMI: Basin Scale Hydro-Economic Modeling (2014-2016)
Research Project at ZEF, UC-Davis and IFPRI: Alternative Scenarios to Reduce Habitat Loss Driven by Global Commodity Markets in Brazil and Argentina (2013-2014)
PhD Research Project at ZEF: Efficient Water Allocation and Water Conservation Policy Modeling in the Aral Sea Basin (2009-2014)
Research at ZEF/UNESCO Landscape Restructuring Project (2005-2009): Modeling water saving technology adoptions and economy-wide effects of agricultural transformations
2024
2024.
Can domestic wheat farming meet the climate change-induced challenges of national food security in Uzbekistan?.
International Journal of Water Resources Development,
3(40)
: 448-462
.
(Open Access)
Further Information
2024.
The impacts of technological change policies on water uses and virtual water trade in water-constrained settings.
Journal of Cleaner Production,
456
: 142378
.
(Open Access)
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2024.
Conveyance efficiency and irrigation water productivity under varying water supply conditions in arid lowlands of Central Asia.
Agricultural Water Management,
293
: 108697
.
(Open Access)
Further Information
2023
2023.
Possible and Plausible Climate Futures in Central Asia.
Presentation at IAMO Forum, 21-23 June 2023, Halle, Germany.
2023.
Integrated Assessment Model for analyzing Water-Energy-Food nexus in Central Asia.
Presentation at Italian Association of Environmental Resource Economists (IAERE) Conference, 23-24 February 2023, Naples, Italy.
2023.
Productivity growth and the role of mechanisation in African agriculture.
Agrekon,
62:1
: 80-97
.
Further Information
2022
2022.
A global hydropower generation, potentials and externalities.
In: Asif M. (eds.):
Handbook of Energy Transitions.
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.
95-107.
2022.
Pearls and Perils of Resources Recovery and Re-use (RRR) Technologies.
In: Asif M. (eds.):
Handbook of Energy- and Environmental Security.
Elsevier.
313-339.
2022.
Business Climate for Energy Regaining and Environmentally Sustainable Waste-to-Resource Value Chains.
In: Asif M. (eds.):
Handbook of Energy- and Environmental Security.
Elsevier.
501-530.
2022.
Circular Economy – a treasure trove of opportunities for enhancing resource efficiency and reducing GHG emissions.
In: Asif M. (eds.):
Handbook of Energy- and Environmental Security.
Elsevier.
481-499.
2022.
Nationally Determined Contributions to Foster Water-Energy-Food and Environmental Security through Transboundary Cooperation in the Nile Basin.
In: Asif M. (eds.):
Handbook of Energy- and Environmental Security.
Elsevier.
429-452.
2021
2021.
Economics of Water Security.
In: Bogardi J.J. et al. (eds.):
Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples.
Springer, Cham.
273-327.
Further Information
2021.
The global cost of reaching a world without hunger: Investment costs and policy action opportunities.
Food Policy,
.
(Open Access)
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2021.
The Emerging Environmental Economic Implications of the Urban Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus: Water Reclamation with Resource Recovery in China, India, and Europe.
In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Environmental Sciences.
Oxford.
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2021.
Productivity growth and the role of mechanization in African agriculture.
International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), 17-31 August 2021, Virtual.
2021.
Examples of Water and Land Use Management.
In: Bogardi J.J. et al. (eds.):
Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples.
565-617.
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2020
2020.
Economic instruments along waste-to-asset value chain for scaling up resources recovery and reuse (RRR) technologies.
Presentation at Dresden Nexus Conference - Circular Economiy in a Sustainable Society, Dresden, Germany, 3-5 June 2020.
2020.
Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Futures in Sri Lanka.
In: Asif M. (eds.):
Energy and Environmental Outlook for South Asia.
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.
2020.
Investment costs and policy action opportunities for reaching a world without hunger (SDG 2).
Research Report, ZEF, Bonn, Germany.
2019
2019.
Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus analysis in Central Asia using a hydro-economic model with extended energy supply-demand accounts.
Presentation at Water Security and Climate Change (WSCC) Conference, UASLP, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 28-30 October 2019
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2019.
An integrated water-energy-economic model for simultaneous assessment of climate change adaptation and mitigation options in river basins.
Presentation at Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) Annual Meeting, Tsukuba, Japan, 2-4 December 2019.
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2019.
Why adoption is slow despite promising potential of biogas technology for improving energy security and mitigating climate change in Sri Lanka.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,
105
: 378-390
.
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2019.
Reaping economic and environmental benefits of scaling up nutrient recovery technologies for sustainable soil ecosystem services in Sri Lanka.
Presentation at BioSC Symposium, 18-19 November 2019, Cologne, Germany
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2019.
Feasibility of Conservation Agriculture in the Amu Darya River Lowlands, Central Asia.
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability,
17(1)
: 60-77
.
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2019.
Chapter 5: Hydropower.
In: Xenarios S., D. Schmidt-Vogt, M. Qadir, B. Janusz-Pawletta, I. Abdullaev (eds.):
The Aral Sea Basin: Water for Sustainable Development in Central Asia.
Routledge.
52-66.
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2018
2018.
Circular economy of composting in Sri Lanka: Opportunities and challenges for reducing waste related pollution and improving soil health.
Journal of Cleaner Production,
202
: 1107-1119
.
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2018.
Resources Recovery and Reuse in Sanitation and Wastewater Systems: Options and Investment Climate in South and Southeast Asian Countries.
ZEF Working Paper No 168.
Review
2018.
Water in Central Asia: a cross-cutting management issue.
In: Squires V., L. Qi (eds.):
Sustainable Land Management in Greater Central Asia: An Integrated and Regional Perspective.
Routledge.
211-236.
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2018.
Institutional framework and financial arrangements for supporting the adoption of Resource Recovery Reuse technologies in South Asia. ZEF Working Paper No 176.
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2017
2017.
Potentials of Waste and Wastewater Resources Recovery and Re-use (RRR) Options for Improving Water, Energy and Nutrition Security. Working Paper No 157.
Center for Development Research (ZEF).
Bonn, Germany.
2017.
Enabling Environment for Waste and Wastewater Recycling and Reuse Options in South Asia: the case of Sri Lanka.
ZEF.
Bonn.
(Open Acess)
2017.
Systematic Review of Water-Economy Modeling Applications.
Water Resources Planning and Management,
143(8)
: 04017037-(1-18)
.
Further Information
2017.
Exploring benefits and scope of cooperation in transboundary water sharing in Amu Darya River Basin.
In: Dinar A., Y. Tsur (eds.):
Management of Transboundary Water Resources Under Scarcity: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
World Scientific Publishing/ Imperial College.
35-63.
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2016
2016.
Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia).
Regional Environmental Change,
16 (8)
: 2369-2387
.
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2016.
Input-output model-based water footprint indicators to support IWRM in the irrigated drylands of Uzbekistan, Central Asia.
In: Borchardt D., J.J. Bogardi. R.B. Ibisch (eds.):
Integrated Water Resources Management: Concept, Research and Implementation.
Springer.
147-168.
2016.
Optimizing Irrigation Efficiency Improvements in the Aral Sea Basin.
Water Resources and Economics,
13
: 30-45
.
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2016.
The Effect of Energy Constraints on Water Allocation Decisions: The Elaboration and Application of a System-Wide Economic-Water-Energy Model (SEWEM).
Water,
8(6)
: 253
.
(Open Access)
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2015
2015.
A water rights trading approach to increasing inflows to the Aral Sea.
Land Degradation & Development,
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2394
.
Further Information
2015.
Ecosystem Services in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus.
Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems,
2(1)
: 103–105
.
(Open Access)
2015.
How would the Rogun Dam affect water and energy scarcity in Central Asia?.
Water International,
40 (5-6)
: 856-876
.
(Open Access)
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2015.
Potential gains from water rights trading in the Aral Sea Basin.
Agricultural Water Management,
152
: 41-56
.
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2014
2014.
Integrating Input-Output Modeling with Multi-criteria Analysis to Assess Options for Sustainable Economic Transformation: The Case of Uzbekistan..
In: Bhaduri, A., J. Bogardi, J. Leentvaar, and S. Marx (eds.):
The Global Water System in the Anthropocene.
Springer Verlag.
229-245.
2014.
Economic incentives for adopting irrigation innovations in arid environments.
In: J.P.A. Lamers, A. Khamzina, I. Rudenko, P.L.G. Vlek (eds.):
Restructuring land allocation, water use and agricultural value chains: technologies, policies and practices for the lower Amudarya region.
Bonn University Press.
299-317.
2014.
Coping with water scarcity in the irrigated lowlands of the lower Amudarya basin, Central Asia.
In: J.P.A. Lamers, A. Khamzina, I. Rudenko, P.L.G. Vlek (eds.):
Restructuring land allocation, water use and agricultural value chains: technologies, policies and practices for the lower Amudarya region.
Bonn University Press.
199-216.
2014.
Efficient water allocation and water conservation policy modeling in the Aral Sea basin.
Doctoral thesis at
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn.
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2013
2013.
How market-based water allocation can improve water use efficiency in the Aral Sea basin? ZEF- Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 177.
Center for Development Research.
Bonn.
2013.
Options and constraints for crop diversification: a case study in sustainable agriculture in Uzbekistan.
Agroecology and sustainable food systems,
37(7)
: 788-811
.
2013.
International Trade of Scarce Water.
Ecological Economics,
74
: 78-85
.
2013.
The added value of a water footprint approach: Micro-and macroeconomic analysis of cotton production, processing and export in water bound Uzbekistan.
Global and planetary change,
110
: 143-151
.
2012
2012.
Estimation of spatial and temporal variability of crop water productivity with incomplete data.
In: Martius C, Rudenko I, Lamers JPA, Vlek PLG (eds.):
Cotton, water, salts and soums - economic and ecological restructuring in Khorezm, Uzbekistan.
Springer: Dordrecht/Heidelberg/London/New York.
329-344.
2012.
A computable general equilibrium analysis of agricultural development reforms: national and regional perspective.
In: Martius C, Rudenko I, Lamers JPA, Vlek PLG (eds.):
Cotton, water, salts and soums - economic and ecological restructuring in Khorezm, Uzbekistan.
Springer: Dordrecht/Heidelberg/London/New York.
347-370.
2012.
Optimal irrigation and N-fertilizer management for sustainable winter wheat production in Khorezm, Uzbekistan.
In: Martius C, Rudenko I, Lamers JPA, Vlek PLG (eds.):
Cotton, water, salts and soums - economic and ecological restructuring in Khorezm, Uzbekistan.
Springer: Dordrecht/Heidelberg/London/New York.
171-180.
2010
2010.
Pros and Cons of Adopting Water-Wise Approaches in the Lower Reaches of the Amu Darya: A Socio-Economic View.
Water,
2(2)
: 200-216
.
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2010.
Impact of Water Availability on Land and Water Productivity: A Temporal and Spatial Analysis of the Case Study Region Khorezm, Uzbekistan.
Water,
2(3)
: 668-684
.
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2009
2009.
Predicting small business development using econometric models.
Uzbek Journal of Economy and Education,
4
: 101-104
.
2009.
Statistical Modeling Lower Amudarya Water Flow Volatility and its Impact on Water Availability in Irrigated Agriculture (in Uzbek).
In: Soliev et al (eds.):
Information Bulletin of Uzbekistan Geographic Society, Volume 34.
Geographic Society, Tashkent.
157-160.
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Associated Researcher
Division/Group:
Ecology and Natural Resources Management
E-Mail:
maksud.bekchanov(at)yahoo.com
