@article{article_385100, title={Climate Change and Effective Water Utilization}, journal={Reserach Journal of Agricultural Sciences}, pages={87–95}, year={2011}, author={Çakmak, Belgin and Gökalp, Zeki}, keywords={Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, drought, irrigation}, abstract={Water resources are under continuous threat of global warming, increasing population and urbanization. Demand for limited water resources is increasing rapidly and that limits the available water for agriculture and food security. Agricultural sector is competing with industrial, urban and environmental sectors for limited water resources. Increasing demands of sectors also deplete the ground water resources, pollute water ecosystems and developing new water resources is getting more and more expensive each day. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (IDÇS) defines climate change as “a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods”. Decreases in water resources together with increasing impacts of global warming and climate changes and increasing demands of increasing population make effective utilization of water resources a must. Since about 75% of water resources of Turkey is allocated for agricultural purposes, effective water utilization and water saving in irrigation are the most critical issues to be considered. Pressurized piped systems and especially drip irrigation should be widespread for effective water utilization in agriculture. In this study, climate change, impacts of climate change over agriculture, agricultural drought and irrigation were discussed and recommendations were provided for effective water utilization in agriculture}, number={1}, publisher={Anatolia Bilim Akademisi}