The agency would manage irrigation tasks across Hungary; according to statistics, just 80,000 of the available 4.5 million hectares of arable land in the country is irrigated.

Rural Development Ministry Deputy State Secretary Péter Kovács teased the new strategy on Monday, describing its objectives as including “sustainable water management, the protection of our waters and drought management, and [placing] great emphasis on irrigation development, natural water storage opportunities and landscape use, while taking into account conservation and environmental criteria.”