Water harvesting programs .. How to help farmers to compensate for water shortage? …
Amman – After the official fears of one summer and the shortage of water due to climate change, experts emphasized the importance of working in water harvesting projects in the agricultural sector.
They pointed out that the Ministry of Agriculture should complete its plans aimed at reducing its plans, helping the farmers and providing a vegetarian closure from drought.
Standard solutions to the degradation of water
In the environment, the Director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. M.
He said the water harvest is one of the most important tools for recovering groundwater, which reduces the pressure of the water stock and improves environmental balance.
He added: The use of stolen water stolen in auxiliary irrigation reflects a better way to reduce wells, which reduces financial burdens for farmers, especially one of the most important challenges that the cost of purchase of water in high agricultural areas such as the South Valley Brigade and Wadi Araba.
Water harvesting is a preventive measures, which improves the ability of agricultural communities to accommodate the effects of climate change, ie the repeating the drought and its annual rates, without its annual proportions, by protecting the alternative and stable water source to improve the stability of agriculture and natural resources, and implementing the stable water source, and implementing the stable water source.
Beginning with the Ministry of Agriculture, aimed at protecting and nurturing the agriculture sector, the Directorate of Water Harvesting has implemented 164 sites between “excavations and dirt dams” for water harvesting projects, which contribute to the savings capacity of about 5.9 million m3 and contributed to the hosts of 2022. The ability of rural communities on setback and adaptation.
Within the Ministry of the Ministry for 2025, 45 additional sites, 1.6 million m3, are planned to be implemented in six governors: Main, Karak, capital, Maflak, Tafila, and Agaba are aimed at the construction of water harvesting facilities.
Expansion of the use of rainwater harvesting techniques is a national priority, especially the rehabilitation of agricultural sectors and Podia’s pastures, as these trends are one of the basic axes within the administration plan to see economic renewal for 2023-2025 years. In this context, the Ministry of Agriculture has doubled its efforts over the past three years, which has led to the implementation of many water harvesting facilities than in the past, a strategy of achieving stable rural growth at one point.
The importance of water harvest
For his part, Director General of the Jordanian Farmers’ Association, Mr. M. In Mahmood al -Awran, in the light of the severity of climate change, these changes must face many things: water harvesting, dense crops and scientific research.
He continued: The importance of water harvesting is of importance by installing dust stones in the valleys, feeding the major dams for deposit and benefit from this water, water for cattle or sub -irrigation purposes.
Al -Awran pointed out that the monsoon displacement, focusing on water predictions and installing forest trees fence.
Currently hard water season
In turn, the researcher and expert in agricultural and development matters D. Hasan al -Azofi said that good efforts are made in this direction, but the current season seems hard, the rainy season is weak and the storage rates are simple.
He added: But plans may contribute to the irrigation of cattle in the summer, especially in the rural and valleys, to support the power of communities in the summer.
