Drip irrigation system becomes beacon of hope to farmers in water-stressed Pakistan
- 4 years ago
Some farmers in Pakistan are turning to drip irrigation systems to nourish their agricultural land as water resources are shrinking in the country. According to the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, Pakistan is one of the 17 countries around the world facing extremely high water stress in the next few years. It is hoped that the method, in which water is slowly dripped onto soil which sits on top of a plant’s roots in controllable amounts, will relieve the water shortages…