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Towards a water and food secure future: critical perspectives for policy-makers Full text
2016
The aim of this paper is to provide policy-makers with a helpful overview of the technical and economic aspects of water use in agriculture, with particular emphasis on crop and livestock production. Through 2050, in many countries, agriculture will remain an important determinant of economic growth, poverty reduction, and food security, even as, over time, the proportion of agricultural revenue in national gross income declines. Water use in agriculture will remain substantial, irrigated areas will expand and competition for water will increase in all sectors. Most likely, overall supplies of land and water will be sufficient to achieve global food production goals in 2050; although poverty and food insecurity will remain pressing challenges in several regions and countries. Thus, the focus of this report is on the regional and national aspects of food security.
Show more [+] Less [-]Review of water control technologies in the FAO programmes for food security Full text
2011
Water for food Full text
2008
Foarare, J. (ed.) | Swedish Research Council Formas, Stockholm (Sweden) eng
Water for food, water for life
2010
Sharma, Bharat R.
Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food Full text
2009
J. Woolley | S. E. Cook | D. Molden | L. Harrington
Providing the water needed to produce food for more than 9 billion people by 2050 seems simple: agriculture must produce more food with less water. However, three complex issues are involved: First, water, food production and rural development do not have a simple correlation. Second, there are interactions between processes at local, basin and global scales. Third, change involves people in complex networks of institutions. The Challenge Program on Water and Food brings together agriculturalists, hydrologists and development specialists in a global-to-local programme that focuses on change through institutions. We believe that this scale, complexity and involvement are necessary to deliver plausible change.
Show more [+] Less [-]Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food Full text
2009
Woolley, Jonathan N. | Cook, Simon E. | David, S. | Harrington, Larry W.
Providing the water needed to produce food for more than 9 billion people by 2050 seems simple: agriculture must produce more food with less water. However, three complex issues are involved: First, water, food production and rural development do not have a simple correlation. Second, there are interactions between processes at local, basin and global scales. Third, change involves people in complex networks of institutions. The Challenge Program on Water and Food brings together agriculturalists, hydrologists and development specialists in a global-to-local programme that focuses on change through institutions. We believe that this scale, complexity and involvement are necessary to deliver plausible change.
Show more [+] Less [-]Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food Full text
2009
Woolley, Jonathan N. | Cook, Simon E. | David, S. | Harrington, Larry W.
Providing the water needed to produce food for more than 9 billion people by 2050 seems simple: agriculture must produce more food with less water. However, three complex issues are involved: First, water, food production and rural development do not have a simple correlation. Second, there are interactions between processes at local, basin and global scales. Third, change involves people in complex networks of institutions. The Challenge Program on Water and Food brings together agriculturalists, hydrologists and development specialists in a global-to-local programme that focuses on change through institutions. We believe that this scale, complexity and involvement are necessary to deliver plausible change.
Show more [+] Less [-]Agua para la seguridad alimentaria y el desarrollo rural en el contexto Suramericano. In Spanish | Water for food security and rural development in the South American context
2000
Garcés-Restrepo, C. | Mora, L.A.
Water and food security
2014
Chartres, Colin J.
Water-food-energy nexus
2014
Bird, Jeremy | Dodds, F. | McCornick, Peter G. | Shah, Tushaar
