Limits of water consumption in agriculture will be revised in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Published Oct 7, 2021

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The Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan proposes to revise the limits of water consumption in the agricultural sector. The ministry's proposal concerns their revision downward, KazakhZerno.kz reports. Serikkali Brekeshev, Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic, took part in the meeting of the Government and spoke about the plans for the development of the water industry. What exactly do they want to do? First, the akimats and the Ministry of Agriculture of the country should jointly develop and approve Roadmaps regarding the introduction of water-saving technologies in all regions of the Republic with the definition of areas; Secondly, the country will develop a Roadmap for the construction of nine new reservoirs and projects that will improve the technical condition of the canals, including on one hundred and twenty main canals by the year two thousand and twenty-five; Thirdly, it is important to achieve rational and economical use of water for irrigation.

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For this, it is necessary to introduce digitalization of water accounting on irrigation canals; Fourthly, together with the Ministry of Finance, it is necessary to consider the issue of allocating funds from the budget for the implementation of water management projects, i.e. projects related to the reconstruction of canals, the construction of reservoirs, etc. The area under crops for moisture-loving agricultural crops should be reduced, but act in stages and gradually. The limits on the use of water for irrigation should be revised downward. If everything planned is successful, then by 2025 the irrigation networks on six hundred thousand hectares will be restored and 2.2 million hectares of land considered to be irrigated will be provided with water. The question of irrigation of fields was acute in ancient times. Even then, people guessed that water is the best way to combat the lack of moisture, which interferes with the fruitful cultivation of agricultural crops. Then ...

Source: Zol