China’s high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area will reach more than 26.67 million hectares by the end of this year.
China’s agriculture sector is becoming more water efficient as the country’s high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area expands, official data showed.
China’s high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area will reach more than 26.67 million hectares by the end of this year, up from 23.33 million hectares at the end of 2020, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
China will continue to develop efficient irrigation measures, such as sprinkler, drip, and pipeline irrigation, to enhance water saving, said Wu Hongwei, an official with the ministry at an irrigation forum.
Irrigation technology has contributed to the country’s grain security. China’s irrigated land, which accounts for about 50 per cent of the country’s arable land, produces 75 per cent of its grain and over 90 per cent of its cash crops.
