Ten years of agricultural water-saving in China:achievements,challenges and measures
Kang Shaozhong
Abstract：Water is the lifeblood of agriculture.Under the extreme condition of water scarcity,it is necessary to save water in agriculture and increase water use efficiency,in order to ensure national food security and effective supply of agricultural products.Based on a systematic summary of tremendous achievements made by China in agricultural water-saving in the past 10 years,in terms of ensuring national food security and effective supply of agricultural products,advancing sustainable development of regional agriculture and eco-environment recovery,promoting modern agricultural transformation and upgrading,improving quality and efficiency,and driving conservation industry development,the study examines the gap between current practices in China and advanced countries in the world,as well as issues and challenges regarding monitoring and long-term accumulation of basic data,evaluation index system and assessment standards,irrational expansion of irrigation area and water-based agricultural development,integration between conservation rehabilitation and irrigation system expiation with high standard farmland construction,highly-efficient conservation irrigation and agronomic technology support,comprehensive reform of agricultural water pricing system and mechanism and policies for conservation irrigation engineering sustainable operation,and technology innovation and conservation industry development.Suggestions are made to promote high-quality development of agricultural water-saving.
Keywords：agricultural water-savingwater-based developmentevaluation indicatorstechnology-oriented water-savingpolicy support
Publication Date：2024-05-27
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 1-9 )