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  3. Expanding artificial drainage for irrigated agriculture

Expanding artificial drainage for irrigated agriculture

  • Making transition from dryland to irrigated crops

Implementation

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Broader

Broadening irrigation water development
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Narrower

Levelling land
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Developing drainage for irrigated lands in arid and semi-arid regions
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Creating watercourses
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Facilitates

Providing water for agriculture
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Procuring modern irrigation equipment
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Improving farm irrigation systems
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Planting currently unused fields
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Managing water resources for sustainable rural development
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Expanding water and soil management research for irrigated and rain-fed areas
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Developing small scale irrigation to conserve water
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Building community irrigation system
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Facilitated by

Testing soil
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Financing irrigation
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Consolidating land
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Value

Artificiality
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(E) Emanations of other strategies
Subject
  • Climatology » Arid zones » Arid zones
  • Hydrology » Hydrology
  • Agriculture, fisheries » Agriculture
  • Agriculture, fisheries » Crops
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2022