Agriculture, food and water - FAO.org
Agriculture, food and water - FAO.org
Agriculture, food and water - FAO.org
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Producing our daily <strong>food</strong> requires one thous<strong>and</strong> times more <strong>water</strong><br />
than we use to drink <strong>and</strong> one hundred times more than we use to<br />
meet our basic personal needs. Rainfed agriculture alone cannot<br />
ensure global <strong>food</strong> supply, <strong>and</strong> up to 70 percent of the <strong>water</strong> we take<br />
from rivers <strong>and</strong> aquifers goes into irrigated agriculture. <strong>Agriculture</strong><br />
is the major source of <strong>food</strong> <strong>and</strong> by far the largest consumer of <strong>water</strong><br />
on the globe.<br />
<strong>Agriculture</strong>,<br />
<strong>food</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>water</strong><br />
What is the role of <strong>water</strong> in the world’s <strong>food</strong> production? What<br />
are the contributions to <strong>food</strong> production from rainfed <strong>and</strong> irrigated<br />
agriculture <strong>and</strong> from fisheries? How can more <strong>food</strong> be produced<br />
with the same amount of <strong>water</strong>? What role does the market play?<br />
How does <strong>food</strong> security connect to poverty <strong>and</strong> <strong>water</strong> use? This<br />
report discusses these <strong>and</strong> many other questions using up-to-date<br />
information <strong>and</strong> state-of-the-art knowledge.<br />
The United Nations World Water Development Report <strong>and</strong> its<br />
various thematic components provide a periodic review of the world’s<br />
fresh<strong>water</strong> resources <strong>and</strong> the way we steward them. Chapter 8 of the<br />
Report is re-issued here as <strong>Agriculture</strong>, <strong>food</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>water</strong>.<br />
ISBN 92-5-104943-2<br />
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TC/M/Y4683E/1/5.03/1100
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