Spain’s irrigators call for extra water
- From: Vol 8, Issue 10 (October 2007)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: Spain
Farmers in Spain want additional water infrastructure to offset the impact of global warming. The government is unconvinced.
The Spanish National Federation of Irrigation Communities (FENACORE) is calling for a major expansion of Spain’s reservoir capacity and the construction of new inter-basin water transfers in order to cope with declining rainfall and to slow down the impact of global warming.
Citing a report by the Asociación España-FAO, which predicts that demand for agricultural water in ...
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