Responding to Jordan’s Drought and Water Scarcity with Behavioral Change
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9060
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Rachael McDonnell water scarcity drought climate change resilience irrigation
Date
27 August 20
Country
Jordan, MENA Regon
Summary
mproved irrigation and agricultural practices are touted as efficient ways to mitigate drought impacts. Paradoxically, that may not be the case in Jordan, where the use of state-of-the-art irrigation technology by commercial farmers in the East has accelerated the depletion of aquifers. A recent IWMI study argues that technology has to go hand-in-hand with improved irrigation behaviors and regulations to result in reduced water abstraction and ramp-up the country’s hydric mitigation of frequent drought events.
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