In order to prevent water shortages connected to global warming, Turkey’s General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) is installing prepaid electronic meters, updating the piped systems in various agricultural enterprises.
Agroberichtenbuitenland has reported on Mehmet Akif Balta, General Director of DSİ, stating that the ongoing revision works in Izmir, Manisa and Uşak under the responsibility of DSİ 2nd Regional Directorate will be completed by the end of the year and added that with the new system, water will be used more efficiently and both producers and Turkey will benefit.
With the Project to Install Meters in Piped Irrigation Systems in Enterprises, irrigation systems on a total of 400,533 decares of land in these provinces will be changed.
Source: agroberichtenbuitenland.nl