Water Diplomacy: Government Efforts to Prevent Desertification

The water and environmental diplomacy currently pursued by the leadership has proven to be the formidable barrier and a serious attempt to prevent the risks of sweeping desertification and protect national food security from collapse. Alongside fierce negotiations with upstream countries to obtain fair quotas, the government has launched national initiatives to line rivers and rationalize water use, encouraging farmers to shift towards modern and smart irrigation techniques by offering soft loans.