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Why Utah Is Bucking One of the West's Oldest Water Rules

Nina Elkadi

November 05, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Utah is ditching the “use it or lose it” water rights doctrine to encourage farmers to conserve water amid severe water shortages. Instead, it’s encouraging farmers to use less water while allowing them to keep their rights to it. The government is awarding funding for efficiency upgrades and creating a system for farmess to lease out the saved water.

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A Colorado Groundwater Experiment Tackles Urgent Conservation Needs

Jennifer Oldham

November 04, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Farmers in arid, drought-prone regions are creating groundwater conservation easements with nonprofits to reduce their water use in a financially feasible way. For these agreements, farmers reduce the acres they grow crops on in perpetuity in exchange for payment and tax benefits.

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Sweet watermelon turns sour amid climate change

Sadiqur Rahman

September 14, 2024 |

Bangladesh First |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh

Farmers in Bangladesh are switching from shrimp aquaculture to growing rice and watermelon during different seasons to increase their incomes and have more consistent harvests as they deal with the impacts of climate change.

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Tilling the Floodplain: How Farmers Embrace the Power of Floods

Geetanjali Krishna

September 13, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India, are using an age-old farming practice known as flood recession farming, which involves planting crops in floodplains when water recedes, to grow crops with less water during droughts.

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California farmers turn to agave amid drought conditions and climate change

Manola Secaira

September 09, 2024 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

Farmers and distilleries in California are building a market for agave, a drought-resistant crop used to make tequila and mezcal, in light of the state’s increasingly hotter and drier climate. Agave could help farmers sustain their livelihood as thirstier crops like almonds or avocados become less viable.

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Drip Irrigation Yields Promising Water Conservation Results in Utah

Gergo Szikszai

September 05, 2024 |

TechBuzz |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Farmers in Utah are installing drip irrigation technology to reduce their water use amid a drought by watering crops directly at the root. The technology, created by the Tel Aviv-based agritech company Netafim, can be tailored to meet the needs of different crops.

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How are Afghans fighting climate change?

Graihagh Jackson Barry Sadid

August 12, 2024 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Afghanistan

Amid droughts fueled by climate change, communities in Afghanistan are building irrigation pools, miniature dams, and systems of pipes to capture rain, flood, and spring water for agricultural use. Afghans who live abroad are sending them donations to help make it possible.

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In drought-prone Oaxaca, indigenous women are reviving ancient techniques to preserve water

Stephania Corpi Arnaud

July 12, 2024 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Mexico, Oaxaca

The nonprofit Group to Promote Education and Sustainable Development teaches women in drought-ridden Indigenous communities across Mexico to use ancestral methods of irrigation and grow drought-resilient medicinal plants. The four-year training program also aims to address gender disparity through empowerment. Participants are encouraged to set up savings funds to increase their financial independence and attend group therapy sessions, among other activities.

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Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in federal funds

Alex Hager Heather Sackett

May 30, 2024 |

KUNC |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

A federally-funded water conservation program, the System Conservation Pilot Program, is paying farmers in the Upper Colorado River Basin to not use the river’s water during the irrigation season. Leaving their fields dry for the program can earn them more money than they would get from growing crops.

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This Utah County Will Buy Your Lawn to Save Water

Morgan Sjogren

May 14, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

A turf buyback program run by the Washington County Water Conservancy District in Utah pays residents to swap their lawns for native plants. It's reducing the amount of water used for landscaping amid a drought.

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