This Law, consisting of 6 Chapters, regulates the new National Policy on Irrigation. It specifies requirements to be met in order to perform irrigation activity. It aims at the following: promoting the increase of irrigated land areas and related sustainable productivity; reducing the climatic risks related to livestock and agro-forestry activities, in particular within regions with low levels of rains; promoting the local and regional development, with priority to those regions with low socio-e