Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

The following are important:

1. Growing crops which need less water

2. Increasing organic carbon or organic matter in soil using plant residues and animal manures

3. Dicouraging plantation of trees which take more water e.g. eucliptus

4. Decreasing land degradation especially decreasing erosion. Degraded land store less water than fertile lands.

5. Contouring on slope soils

6. Mulching

7. Deep tillage in some areas increase water infiltration in the soil

8. Cover crops conserve soil moisture

9. Drip and sprinkler irrigation use less water than flood irrigation

10. Subsurface irrigation

11. Cleaning waste water

12. Use less water for cars cleaning

13. Use less water for animal's cleaning

14. Ridge and bed plantation use 50÷ less water than flat plantation

15. Cementing water channels

16. Removing weeds which transpire more

17. Big dams and small dams

18. Conservation of runoff water

19. Application of potassium in field crops

20. Use of benificial microbes in field crops production

Etc.

Amanullah

Associate Professor of Agronomy The University of Agriculture Peshawar PAKISTAN