| Tittel: | Turkmen inventors tackle water scarcity | | Ansvar: | R.A. Karliev | | Forfatter: | Karliev, R.A.  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | WIPO Magazine | | Utgitt: | Geneva : WIPO, 2020 | | Omfang: | S. 38-44 | | ISBN/ISSN: | 1564-7854 | | Serie: | WIPO Magazine ; 4/2020 | | Emneord: | Kultur / Urbefolkning | | Geografiske emneord: | Turkmenistan | | Innhold: | Water covers over 70 percent of the earth's surface, yet the freshwater required to sustain agriculture, industrial and municipal services makes up just a fraction of the planet's water resources. That is why it is imperative to develop new ways to use existing supplies responsibly and also to search for new sources of freshwater.
In countries like Turkmenistan with large expanses of arid land, agricultural development is held back by high levels of soil salinity and acute shortages of freshwater. Most crops cannot tolerate saline soils. High levels of salinity can result in low yields or even crop failure. Scarcity of freshwater also inhibits efforts to claim new lands for agricultural production. In Turkmenistan, just 11.5 percent of the country’s land surface is used for agricultural development. Only with the most efficient use water resources will it be possible to bring 20 percent of its territory into cultivation. | | Del av verk: | WIPO Magazine 4/2020 |
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