Dec. 29, 2008
How to grow more crops with less water? How to grow rice in arid land and how to protect water resources through groundwater protection? These issues are explored and summarized during the first phase wrap-up workshop of Challenge Programme on Water and Food in the Yellow River Basin held during Dec. 25-26, by experts from Chinese Academy of Agriculture, Chinese Agriculture University, Chinese Geographical University, Shandong Academy of Science, Soil and Water Institute of Chinese Academy of Science, Henan Academy of Agriculture, Luoyang Academy of Agriculture, Henan Metrological Bureau, Beijing University, and several departments from Yellow River Conservancy Commission.
Challenge Programme on Water and Food is a large scale international research Programme initiated by CGIAR. 9 typical river basins across the world were selected to carry out relevant research for phase one and the Yellow River basin is the only one selected from China. Three projects on conservation agriculture, aerobic rice and groundwater management capability building were carried out in the Yellow River basin during Phase one and they have concluded with outstanding outputs through cooperation of partners and technological innovation.
Food is the god of people and water is the source of life. Food and water is closely related to national economy and peoples? living. The Challenge Programme on Water and Food in the Yellow River Basin was carried out, aiming at the challenge of water and food in the Yellow River Basin, improving the outputs of agricultural and domestic water use, saving water resources, improving grain outputs, with the principle of environment sustainable and society acceptable. The Programme was started from 2003. YRCC has undertaken coordination and management from the identification of research priorities of CPWF in the Yellow River Basin to the conclusion of the three projects during Phase I, and finally realize the smooth implementation of the 3 projects of CPWF in the Yellow River basin.
The three projects of CPWF in the Yellow River Basin has achieved a lot, carried out researches and investigations on water pricing, water entitlement and water policy, and made proposals for the future development. These outputs provide valuable references for improving the water and soil conservation; reducing sediment into the Yellow River, water saving, water pollution prevention and prompting river basin economy development and the other river basins in the world.
