WATER CONSERVATION OVERVIEW
Water is a vital component of every form of life, and it is crucial to every sustainable development practice, including agriculture. Agriculture accounts for a large percentage of water consumption, making it essential to ensure a sustainable management system. According to the United Nations (UN), 70% of the earth’s freshwater is used for agricultural purposes. Although water is one of the most abundant substances on earth, getting it to the right place when needed might not be guaranteed in agriculture if proper conservative techniques are not in place. Water stress and water scarcity can still occur if proper measures of water conservation are not duly exercised.
Therefore, water conservation is the protection, preservation, and control of water usage to ensure effective distribution, constant availability, and quality use. Understanding the importance of water conservation in agriculture will help professionals in this sector to make wise investments to ensure sustainability and high productivity without compromising profitability and food quality standards.
NEED FOR WATER CONSERVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Prioritizing water conversation has become inevitable in today’s world of agriculture with increasing water stress, growing population, and constant demand for food production. With 50% of the World’s habitable land used for agriculture and closed for wildlife and 3 billion people living in agricultural areas with water shortages or scarcity, there is a high demand for water supply and retention in this sector. Various natural and human-related impacts on the environment, such as small climatological shifts, large weather alterations, construction, intense agriculture, mining, rise in sea level, and many more, significantly influence water availability, hence the need for conservation to ensure sustainability.
Quality water conservation is essential to mitigate the occurrence of water scarcity, preserve limited water resources, and ensure sustainable food production. It also helps to ensure optimal and effective water usage, lower environmental impacts, facilitate ecological balance, and create a long-term viable agricultural system. Without proper attention to water conservation, water stress, and water insecurity can become a significant problem in agriculture and can pose unprecedented societal, environmental, and economic impacts.
RESCAYPE BIOTECH SOLUTION FOR EFFECTIVE WATER CONSERVATION
Over the years, top players in the agricultural sector have tried to provide effective solutions to water conservation problems. However, there are major loopholes in the methods employed, particularly crude solutions that might solve one problem to create two others. Therefore, there is a pressing need for newer and more effective approaches to water management and conservation.
Rescaype offers effective agritech solutions to water management issues for increased productivity, enhanced sustainability, higher profitability, and minimal stress. The Rescaype polymer helps to hold soil moisture by retaining space for water and oxygen to penetrate the soil, resulting in more efficient use of water. Optimized application of this biopolymer also reduces water requirement by up to 50% and increases drought tolerance. Rescaype also creates a porous soil structure for significantly bigger root growth, oxygen, and water circulation for effective water use. This biotech solution has created an easy path of sustainability and water conversation for professionals in the agricultural sector for higher output at a lower cost.
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