Irrigation and land reclamation

Due to changes in the internal structure of the institute in 2024, the Department of “Water Resources Management and Melioration” was reorganized into the Department of “Irrigation and Melioration.” In accordance with Order No. 488-12 dated September 20, 2024 of the Rector of the Bukhara Institute of Natural Resources Management of TIIAME NRU, the Department of “Irrigation and Melioration” was established. From September 2024, due to changes in the internal structure of the institute, the departments of “Water Resources Management and Melioration” and “Water-Saving Irrigation Technologies” were optimized and reorganized into the Department of “Irrigation and Melioration.” By Resolution No. PQ-22 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 24, 2025 “On the establishment of Bukhara State Technical University,” the name of the Department of “Irrigation and Melioration” was retained without change.

Since 2010, the department has operated under the name “Water Management and Melioration,” since 2021 as “Water Resources Management and Melioration,” and later as “Irrigation and Melioration.” From 2024, the Department of Irrigation and Melioration received the status of a specialized department training qualified specialists in the following fields: 60811200 – Water Management and Melioration; 60811500 – Water Supply Engineering Systems (Bachelor’s degree programs); 70811202 – Melioration and Irrigated Agriculture; 70811206 – Water-Saving Irrigation Technologies; 70811204 – Agricultural Water Supply Engineering Systems and Structures; 70812309 – Pasture Melioration (Master’s degree programs). The first young specialists of the department were assigned to various sectors of the national economy starting from 2011 in the specialty “Water Management and Melioration.” Currently, they and their colleagues are working as leading specialists in various sectors of the Republic. The department has modernly equipped classrooms, laboratories, and branch departments established at production enterprises. In 2024–2025, 1 DSc and 7 PhD dissertations were defended at the department. The main composition of the department consists of young specialists, with an average age of 41. Currently, 18 doctoral candidates and 3 independent researchers are conducting research work on PhD and DSc dissertations. Their defenses are planned for 2025–2027. During its activity, the department has published 2 textbooks and teaching manuals for vocational colleges, 9 textbooks and more than 10 teaching manuals for higher education institutions, and obtained more than 10 copyright certificates for software products.
The department has 21 штат units, of which 16 are teaching staff. In the 2025–2026 academic year, the department’s staff included 5 Doctors of Science (professors), 8 PhD holders, 3 senior lecturers, 4 assistants, and 3 trainee teachers, who carried out educational-methodological, scientific-research, and spiritual-educational activities. The scientific potential of the department is 59.2%, and the average age of the teaching staff is 41, with the majority being young specialists.

Bachelor's Degree

60812300 - Water Management and Land Reclamation

60812900 - Water Supply Engineering Systems

60813000 - Innovative Technologies in Water Management and Their Application

Master's Degree

70811202 - Land Reclamation and Irrigated Agriculture

70811209 - Pasture Land Reclamation

70811204 - Water Supply Engineering Systems in Agriculture

Bachelor’s Degree:

1. 1. Introduction to the Specialty
   2. Automation Systems of Drip Irrigation
   3. Smart Water Measuring Devices
   4. Irrigation and Land Reclamation
   5. Salt Leaching Technology
   6. Innovative Technologies in Water Management
   7. Innovative Technologies in Land Reclamation
   8. Irrigation Reclamation
   9. Efficient Use of Water Resources
   10. Water-Saving Irrigation Technologies
   11. Construction and Operation of Water Intake Wells
   12. Organization and Management of Municipal Infrastructure
   13. Efficient Use of Water Resources
   14. Modern Irrigation Technologies
   15. Water Supply
   16. Water Treatment
   17. Installation of Water Supply and Sewerage Networks
   18. Modeling of Water Supply Technologies
   19. Fundamentals of Wastewater Reuse
   20. Design of Water Transmission Networks
   21. Engineering Works in Water Supply
   22. Operation of Water Supply Systems
   23. Water Treatment and Water Intake Facilities
   24. Fundamentals of Urban Housing and коммунal Services
   25. Installation of Water Supply and Sewerage Networks
   26. Monitoring and Measuring Instruments Installed in Networks
   27. Drinking Water Supply
   28. Efficient Use and Protection of Water Resources
   29. Drip Irrigation Networks and Their Service
   30. Irrigation Technology
   

Master’s Degree

1. Improvement of Natural Water Quality
2. Methodology of Teaching Specialized Subjects
3. Water-Saving Irrigation Technologies
4. Methodology of Teaching Specialized Subjects
5. Resource-Saving Irrigation Technologies
6. Methodology of Teaching Specialized Subjects
7. Reclamation Soil Science and Agriculture
8. Efficient Use and Protection of Water Resources
9. Water Cadastre. Integrated Management of Water Resources.
10. International and State Water Relations
11. Water-Saving Irrigation Technologies
12. Methodology of Conducting Field Research
13. Operation and Automation of Irrigation Networks
14. Landscape Irrigation
15. Water-Saving Irrigation Technologies
16. Moisture-Retaining Technologies on Irrigated Lands
17. Water Supply of Rural Areas and Pastures
18. Methodology of Teaching Specialized Subjects
19. Water-Saving Irrigation Technologies

List of scientific works published by the professors, teachers and researchers of the Department of Irrigation and Land Reclamation Textbooks, study guides and monographs

1. Jo‘rayev U. Biomelioration 08.12.2010. Original – approved for printing: 18.05.2023. Format 60x84. Font size 16. “Palatino Linotype” typeface. Offset printing method. Offset paper. Printed sheets 10. Copies 00. Order No. 96.
2. Jo‘rayev A.Q., Jo‘rayev U.A., Nurbekov A., Rabbimov A. Pasture Reclamation 08.12.2010. Original – approved for printing: 18.05.2023. Format 60x84. Font size 16. “Palatino Linotype” typeface. Offset printing method. Offset paper. Printed sheets 10. Copies 00. Order No. 96.
3. N.N. Xudaybergenov, L.B. Isayeva. The textbook entitled “Agriculture and Land Reclamation” was permitted for publication by publishing houses licensed by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Based on Order No. 180 dated 10.05.2025.
4. Ximmatalayev D.O., Inoyatov I.Sh., Electronic textbook on the subject “Introduction to Water Management and Land Reclamation”. Intellectual Property Agency under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. DGU 15137

Monographs

5. A.Q. Jo‘rayev, U.A. Jo‘rayev. Introduction of drip irrigation technology in fields with different levels of salinity. Bukhara-2023, “Durdona” Publishing House.
6. U.A. Jo‘rayev. Increasing the efficiency of salt leaching by improving soil fertility through crop rotation and sequential cultivation in saline fields under water scarcity conditions. Bukhara: “Sadriddin Salim Buxoriy” Durdona Publishing House, 120 pages.
7. A.Q. Jo‘rayev. Development of irrigation scheduling in cotton drip irrigation technology. “Durdona” Publishing House. ISBN 978-9910-705-02-1. Bukhara-2024. 108 pages.
8. M. Xamidov, A. Jo‘rayev, U. Jo‘rayev. Prospects for introducing new water- and resource-saving technologies in the Bukhara oasis. Bukhara-2023.
9. S.X. Isayev, A.Q. Jo‘rayev, Z.Z. Qodirov. Technology for cultivating soybean varieties as a main crop under meadow alluvial soil conditions. “Sharq-Buxoro” Publishing House, 140 pages.
10. Xamidov M.X., Xamrayev K.Sh. Innovative technology for increasing the efficiency of soil salt leaching. “Sadriddin Salim Buxoriy” “Durdona”, 2021, 156 pages.
11. Inoyatov I.Sh. Modeling the teaching of general professional and specialized subjects in preparing future water management engineers for professional activity. Bukhara-2023 “Durdona” Publishing House, 140 pages.
12. I.Sh. Inoyatov, et al. Scientist in the Modern Science World: New Aspects of the Scientific Search. B&M Publishing, San Francisco, California, USA, 163 pages.
13. Isayeva L.B. Drip irrigation regimes for maize varieties. On the example of Bukhara region. Bukhara-2024 “Dimal” Publishing House, 120 pages.
14. Nurov D.E. Efficiency of cotton drip irrigation technology. Bukhara-2024 “Sadriddin Salim Buxoriy” 116 pages.

SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL WORKS CARRIED OUT AT THE DEPARTMENT

1. 1. Murodov, O.U., Juraev, A.K., Khamidov, M.Kh. Effectiveness of cost-effective irrigation technologies in cultivation of winter wheat in saline soils. AIP Conference Proceedings 3256(1),
   2. Murodov O.U., Isaev S.Kh., “Mathematical model program for assessing the effectiveness of the impact of irrigating repeated crops with drainage water on the meliorative condition of lands”. // Certificate. Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan. No. DGU 35001 Application number: DGU 202402655. Registered in the State Register of Software Products of the Republic of Uzbekistan on 15.03.2024.
   3. Murodov O.U., Isaev S.Kh., “On assessing the impact of irrigating repeated crops with low-mineralized drainage water under saline soil conditions on the meliorative condition of lands”. Recommendation. Published at the printing house of the Bukhara Institute of Natural Resources Management of TIIAME NRU. Bukhara, 2024. 32 pages.
   4. Murodov O.U., Isaev S.Kh., “Mathematical model program for assessing the impact of irrigating repeated crops with drainage water on yield”. // Certificate. Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan. No. DGU 35000 Application number: DGU 202402656. Registered in the State Register of Software Products of the Republic of Uzbekistan on 15.03.2024.
   5. Murodov O.U. “Effects of repeated crops irrigated with low-mineralized drainage water, fertilizer rates, and biopreparations on volumetric mass of soil”. // Academic Research in Modern Science International Scientific Online Conference. Website: woconf.com. Hosted online from Washington, USA. Issue 40, Part 2, 24 October 2024. P. 186–189.
   6. Murodov O.U., Isaev S.Kh., “Assessment of the efficiency of biopreparations in irrigation with low-mineralized ditch water”. // European Journal of Agricultural and Rural Education. ISSN: 2660-5643. Website: scholarzest.com. Spain-2024. Vol. 5. P. 13–14.
   7. Khamidov M.K., Balla D., Hamidov A.M., Use of collector-drainage water in saline and arid irrigation areas for adaptation to climate change. 2020. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 422(1), 012121.
   8. Khamidov, M., Juraev, A., Atamuradov, B., Rustamova, K., Najmiddinov, A., & Nurbekov, A. (2022, July). Effects of deep softeners and chemical compounds on mechanical composition in heavy, difficult-to-ameliorate soils. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1068, No. 1, p. 012017). IOP Publishing.
   9. Khamidov M.K. et al. Efficiency of drip irrigation technology of cotton in the saline soils of the Bukhara oasis // BIO Web of Conferences. – EDP Sciences, 2024. – Vol. 103. – P. 00019.
   10. Khamidov, M., Buriev, X.B., Juraev, A.K., Sharifov, F.K., & Isabaev, K.T. (2023, February). Efficiency of drip irrigation technology of cotton in saline soils of the Bukhara oasis. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1138, No. 1, p. 012007).
   11. Khamidov M.Kh. Influence of phytoremediation plants on soil salts // Innovative Technologies in Water Management Complex. – Ukraine, Rivne, 2012. – P. 32–34.
   12. Juraev A.K. et al. Effectiveness of cost-effective irrigation technologies in cultivation of winter wheat in saline soils // AIP Conference Proceedings. – AIP Publishing LLC, 2025. – Vol. 3256. – No. 1. – P. 050039.
   13. Juraev, A.Q., Juraev, U.A., Murodov, O.U., Atamuradov, B.N., Najmiddinov, M.M., & Ruziyeva, M.A. (2024). Investigating irrigation systems using drainage water in the cultivation of repeated millet crops. In BIO Web of Conferences (Vol. 103, p. 00014). EDP Sciences.
   14. Juraev, A.K., Khamidov, M.K., Atamuradov, B.N., Murodov, O.U., Rustamova, K.B., & Najmiddinov, M.M. (2023, February). Effect of deep softeners on irrigation, salt leaching, and cotton yield on soils with heavy mechanical composition and difficult meliorative status. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1138, No. 1, p. 012006). IOP Publishing.
   

International cooperation relations

1. In order to ensure the implementation of the tasks defined in the State Program for the implementation of the Action Strategy on the five priority areas of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017–2021, approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-5953 dated March 2, 2020, in the “Year of Development of Science, Enlightenment and Digital Economy”, Professor Khamidov Akhmad Muxammadxonovich of Humboldt University of Germany and the "ZALF" Institute of Landscape Agro-Technologies Research has been invited to the department and has been teaching students and master’s degree students. Also, the basic doctoral student of the “Irrigation and Melioration” Department, Qudratov Maruf Rustamovich, completed an internship in the Slovak Republic at the UNIVERSITY OF ORESOV RECTORATE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE within the framework of the CONFIRMATION OF ERASMUS+ STUDENT SHORT-TERM MOBILITY FOR TRAINEESHIP project.
   The “Irrigation and Melioration” Department plans to send 4 professors and teachers for a short-term internship to Istanbul Technical University in Turkey in the 2025–2026 academic year and to sign a memorandum of cooperation aimed at ensuring knowledge transfer based on the transition of the higher education process to a digital format, the wide introduction of digital educational technologies, and the formation of knowledge, competencies, skills, and qualifications taking into account the individual characteristics of each learner.