The Ministry of Water Resources is going to promote water-saving technologies among Kazakhstani farmers with the help of financial incentives. Even though the country’s government already reimburses 50% of costs related to purchasing water-saving equipment, this year the amount of subsidizing will reach 80%.
According to Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, about 16% of irrigated land in Kazakhstan is irrigated with the help of water-saving technologies.
«Water conservation technologies are used only in 312,200 hectares of irrigated lands out of 1.9 million hectares, which is unforgivingly small these days. Given the threat of...