Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically … efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world relying on irrigated … agriculture for economic development such as in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Due to ill-managed water resources and the dominance of …

Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically … efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world relying on irrigated … agriculture for economic development such as in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Due to ill-managed water resources and the dominance of …

water for agriculture, domestic and industrial use, and to generate hydropower and control floods, in line with the national … increasing water supply and rationalise water management. According to this approach, large infrastructures are seen as catalysts … for territorial development and economic progress. More recently, international surveys of results of water supply …

To achieve food security for all, new resource policies for sustainable land and water use are needed. Land, water and … proposals are made in this policy paper: 1) focusing land, and water resource policies on human wellbeing, 2) investing in and … sharing water, agricultural and energy innovations, 3) making wider use of digital opportunities for sustainable agriculture …