ABSTRACT
Natural resources management is a discipline in the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations. Depletion of natural resources is associated with social inequity. Considering most biodiversity are located in developing countries, depletion of this resource could result in losses of ecosystem services for these countries. Resource extraction involves any activity that withdraws resources from nature. The expansion of irrigated crop agriculture, along with increasing water demands from nonagricultural users, significantly intensified the competition for available water resources. Public water conservation programs that encourage producer adoption of efficient “irrigation production systems,” integrated within basin-level institutional water management initiatives, could enhance the potential for real agricultural water conservation. Future strategies must focus on up gradation of soil and water quality and their use efficiency.
