Preface -- Water and Food Security in Central Asia -- Global Challenges in Water Management: The Canadian Context -- Integrated Water Resources Management -- Food Security and the Improvement of Water Use Efficiency -- Security and Water Resources Management Problems and Experience in the Amudarya River Basin -- Threats to Water Security in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Transboundary Context and Possible Ways to Eliminate Them -- The Role of Land Reclamation in the Socio-economic Progress in Uzbekistan and Government Support Policies of Water Management -- Experience of Coordinated Water Resources Use of the Syrdarya River Basin States -- IWRM Results in South Kyrgyzstan in Terms of Water Productivity Improvement -- Assessment of the Efficiency of «IWRM - Fergana» Project's Impact in the Republic of Uzbekistan -- Issues of Capacity Building and Training in IWRM Implementation for Achieving Socio-economic Stability through Higher Productivities of Water and Land Use in the Region -- Scenarios of Future Development in the Aral Sea Basin; A. Sorokin -- Food Security: Quantity and Quality Matters for Eating good bread in Uzbekistan -- Water Resources: The Basis for the Socio-economic Development in the Lower Reaches of the Amudarya: A Case Study of Karakalpakstan -- Experience in Controlling Structures of Volzhski-Kamsk Cascade of Reservoirs and Issues of Socio-economic and Environmental Stability in the Volga Region -- Alternative Sources of Water Supply to Minor Water Consumers in the Deserts of Central Asia -- SCADA - Instrument for increasing Water Productivity -- Cantral Asia Regional Water Information Base - CAREWIB -- Steady Management of Transboundary Drainage Water -- Hydraulic Structure Safety in the Republic of Uzbekistan.