Effective management of water resources on irrigated lands, monitoring of irrigated and arid pastures, water conservation in irrigated agriculture, and the influence of agroforestry and protective afforestation on water conservation were the focus of the roundtable held here today at Timiryazev Agricultural Academy.

Co-organized by the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation and the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, and supported by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture and the Russian National Committee for Irrigation and Drainage, the event was broadcast to leading agrarian universities across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.