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06/10/2025, 14:35The Water Management Department of the Manas District has leased 12.5 hectares of irrigated agricultural land in the village of Semetey for a period of five years, on which a drip irrigation system has been installed and put into operation.
The Water Management Department of the Aitmatov District is working to install drip irrigation on 100 hectares of land. Sixty hectares have already been sown on the Sarymsak canal, 20 hectares on the Nogo canal, and electrical cables are being laid on the remaining 20 hectares under the Bel canal.
Farmers in the village of At-Bashat have installed a drip irrigation system on 11 hectares at their own expense.
The Water Management Department of the Bakai-Ata district has installed drip irrigation on 57.5 hectares for growing fruit and berry crops.
In the Talas district, a farmer brought a mobile rain irrigation system from Almaty and is actively using it to irrigate his fields.
Drip irrigation is one of the most effective water-saving technologies. It can reduce water consumption by 50-70%, increase crop yields, reduce soil salinisation and ensure accurate, uniform moistening of the plant root system.
The Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry is encouraging farmers to make wider use of such water-saving technologies. It is noted that this is important in the context of climate change and limited water resources.
