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Limited irrigation water
Name(s):
Reduced water for irrigation
Irrigation water losses
Broader
Shortage of fresh-water
Limited water for farming
Inadequate urban water supplies
Aggravates
Premature drying of plants
Decline in food production
Undeveloped irrigation system
Declining area of irrigated land
Shortfalls in agricultural crop production
Aggravated by
Irrigation water losses
Silting of water systems
Inadequate drought control
Blockage of irrigation canals
Over-watering during irrigation
Inappropriate irrigation schemes
Loss of water to industrial uses
Water deprivation of downstream locations
Seepage water losses from irrigation systems
Overexploitation of underground water resources
Strategy(ies)
Increasing efficiency of agricultural water use
Improving farm irrigation systems
Developing agriculture
Value(s)
Limitedness
Loss
Reduction
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems