War over water in Central Asia's Ferghana Valley • FRANCE 24 English

[@Actor_bad24IK]

Fresh Water is truly becoming a scarce resource....from Egypt,Kenya,Western US...farming methods will need a radical change

[@angeljo6020]

Its too much in our area

[@raclark2730]

The ways and means exist, its about changing stubborn practice and minds.

[@gvncd]

1. shifting away from crops with high water usage:calories produced ratio to more water efficient crops, a key example is the avocado and the almond. 2. growing crops in regions that they are adapted to instead of irrigating the heck out of a field of crops unsuited to their growing medium/environment. 3. avoid pollution of the ever scarcer supplies of freshwater to render as much of it usable, mostly by making large operations face harsher penalties for pesticide/heavy metal/industrial waste runoff into local aquifers. 4. get rid of lawns in areas that cannot sustain them off rainfall alone. i kid you not the amount of water that it takes to keep a lawn could feed lots of hungry mouths. there are solutions, but will the markets, governments, powerbrokers allow for this to happen?

[@sasachiminesh1204]

So completely one-sided obviously since you spoke only to Kyrgyz and interviewed no Tadjik.

[@sasachiminesh1204]

False history by France24. Fergana Valley has a Tadjik name because Tadjik are the ancient inhabitants of the valley Uzbeks and Kyrgyz were given parts of the valley by the Russians - purposely to create conflict between them and keep them divided. The same was done in Uzbekistan, where historically Tadjik regions were given to Uzbeks, and vice-versa. It's intentional creating of enclaves. But Fergana Valley was fully Tadjik for many centuries while both Uzbeks and Kyrgyz did not live in the valley at all.

[@wiener__]

go cry then

[@MissionControlTet]

@@Maks4739i Ok Turk🪳 📍Berlin

[@SamWilkinsonn]

I wonder how long until this happens in the US

[@morewi]

It won't

[@Whitehorse_crimefighter]

It will happen soon. China uses 25% more water than they produce. Reminds me of there will be blood when homie is talking about drinking milkshakes

[@SamWilkinsonn]

Groundwater reservoirs have been heavily depleted in many states already. It’s well documented.