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Turkish Farmers Learn How to Cut Water Use in Half
Posted By teddyRIO in Planning and Management
Agricultural use accounts for 72 percent of total water consumption in Turkey.
As the temperature rises in Istanbul, talk always starts to turn to the topic of water: Specifically, whether there was enough rain and snow over the winter to keep water coming out of the city's faucets reliably over the summer, or whether days of dry taps are in our future. But according to the World Wildlife Fund, improvements to irrigation practices in just one Turkish agricultural region could remove much of that uncertainty, saving enough water to meet Istanbul's needs for up to three years.
This month, a joint project by WWF and Turkish cookie and cracker manufacturer ETİ Burçak will begin training farmers in Konya, a fertile region of central Anatolia known as "Turkey's breadbasket," to use modern drip-irrigation methods that reduce water consumption by one third to one half. http://www.treehugger.com -
As the temperature rises in Istanbul, talk always starts to turn to the topic of water: Specifically, whether there was enough rain and snow over the winter to keep water coming out of the city's faucets reliably over the summer, or whether days of dry taps are in our future. But according to the World Wildlife Fund, improvements to irrigation practices in just one Turkish agricultural region could remove much of that uncertainty, saving enough water to meet Istanbul's needs for up to three years.
This month, a joint project by WWF and Turkish cookie and cracker manufacturer ETİ Burçak will begin training farmers in Konya, a fertile region of central Anatolia known as "Turkey's breadbasket," to use modern drip-irrigation methods that reduce water consumption by one third to one half. http://www.treehugger.com -
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