For agricultural sectors | |
・ Cultivation of high-value crops ・ Cultivation of drought resistance seed and ・ Cultivation of salt resistance seeds ・ diversification of agricultural ・ Groundwater recharge ・ Reduction of losses in irrigation networks ・ Non-conventional water use ・ Improvement of irrigation efficiency virtual water ・ Maintaining water distribution infrastructure | ・ Change in cropping patterns or system ・ Small-scale farming fostering ecological methods ・ Desert land reclamation ・ Sea-based and reservoir-based aquaculture ・ Desalinization ・ Effective water pricing ・ Rainfall harvesting ・ Reducing agricultural carbon footprint |
For policy makers | |
・ Governments support to local knowledge and modern practices ・ Providing good sanitation and hygiene ・ Monitoring of diffuse (agricultural) and point (industrial and household) pollution ・ Building protective coastal infrastructures | ・ Effective collaboration with private sector, NGOs etc. ・ Subsidising new technologies that conserve water ・ Increase attention on management of food reserves ・ Investing in agricultural facilities ・ Water pollution controls policies |
・ Implementation of the integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach ・ Increase in resource efficiency ・ Creation of incentives to reduce climate change ・ Local wastewater purification and treatments | ・ Strengthening of regional and cross-border and local cooperation ・ Protection of the ecosystems ・ Stakeholders and political support ・ Capacity building of stakeholders ・ Grey water and wastewater recycling |