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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Over-watering during irrigation

Over-watering during irrigation

Nature

Damaged dams and inefficient operation of irrigation canals waste too much water; plants cannot take it up and, consequently, a considerable proportion seeps into the subsoil or evaporates.

Broader

Lack of water conservation
Unpresentable
Mismanagement of irrigation schemes
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Schistosomiasis
Presentable
Leaching of salts through irrigation
Presentable
Increase in pests and diseases through perennial irrigation
Presentable
Deterioration in soil fertility
Presentable
Limited irrigation water
Unpresentable
Effluent runoff from agricultural land use
Unpresentable

Strategy

Improving farm irrigation systems
Presentable

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
E9311
DOCID
11593110
D7NID
149763
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/over-watering-during-irrigation
Last update
Oct 4, 2020