Water Scarcity and Factors Affecting its Availability
By 2050 world population will be growing about 2.3 billion people and about two third of people may have to experience water scarcity.
In many countries shortage of drinking water is being taken seriously and now it has been recognized as water crisis.
But due to peculiar characteristics of water its conservation is main problem.
Demand of water for life Due to increased population the demand for fresh water is also increased which has direct effect on agricultural production.
Due to climate change droughts are occurring as water scarcity is main issue.
As a result of climate change, stress magnitude on water resources will be increased.
Importance of forests for abundant water There is precise relationship between forests and water.
However regarding public policies for water conservation, the relationship between water and forests is still controversial.
All management practices should be adopted to prevent the additional water losses without compromising on yield.
In context to the assessment of management strategies for crop production there should be improvement in irrigation scheme and irrigation system for management of agricultural water in more sustainable way.