It is already happening in Central Asia > But not everyone’s land in the Fergana Valley is fertile. Overuse of water in upstream communities often leaves those

It is already happening in Central Asia > But not everyone’s land in the Fergana Valley is fertile. Overuse of water in upstream communities often leaves those downstream parched. About 1,400 cubic meters of water is supposed to flow along Kok Tal’s irrigation canal each day, yet only half that volume emerges from the neighboring village – an isolated stretch of Uzbekistan surrounded by Kyrgyz territory. “During the summer time, there are daily conflicts over irrigation water,” said Tynar Musabaev, executive director of the Central Asian Alliance for Water. “They are usually between villages, sometimes inter-ethnic and people have killed each other over irrigation water.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kyrgyzstan-water-climatechange/in-kyrgyzstan-warming-brings-less-water-and-more-conflict-idUSKCN1NE0BW https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kyrgyzstan-water-climatec... https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37755985 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37755985