THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC AND NATIONAL PLANNING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT

摘要

It is difficult to overstate the significance of water management to the economic development of Turkmenistan, particularly in the case of irrigated agriculture, given the location of the country and its arid climate, where the hot drought season lasts between 3 and 5 months of the year, and where evaporation exceeds the amount of natural precipitation by 8-10 times.