Water: Critical food issue for the 1980's
1980
Baird, Robert Miller
In its annual report to Congress, the Council on Environmental Quality predicted that water shortage and pollution in the 1980's will be as big an international issue as energy was in the 1970's. With the majority of the earth's water supply found in the ocean or locked in ice caps and glaciers, only 65% is available for human and agricultural use, and agriculture consumes 80% of that supply. Continuing population growth and widespread population further tax this resource. Emphasizing this concern, the United Nations sponsored Water Conferences, stressing the importance of better "water management." Improving and expanding irrigated agriculture in developing countries was recommended as the primary method of conserving water supplies. Technological advances in irrigation would not only conserve resources, but would also improve food production capabilities.
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