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Agua para la alimentación, agua para la vida
2008
Water and water policy in world food supplies
1987
Jordan, W.R. (ed.)
Water: source of food security Full text
2002
FAO, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific eng
Women, water and food technology
1990
Anokwa, C. (University of Ghana, Legon (Ghana). Home Science Dept.)
The need for provision of adequate water supply for both domestic cooking and industrial food technology use, especially for small scale food processing industries are discussed. The in-adequacy of water results in unhygienic and burdensome preparation and processing activities. In addition, the new appropriate technologies have worsened water-related problems and improved technologies are not optimally serving small-scale food processors, most of whom are women. In designing and installing these improved technologies for operation, the scope must be increased to cover water management as well as fuel saving as part of a comprehensive local programme for health and welfare improvement
Show more [+] Less [-]Water for food : the need for agricultural water demand management
2002
Vehmeyer, P.W. | Visser, S.J.
Agricultural water demand management is at the core of the "water for food programme" launched as a result of a pledge by the Netherlands' Minister for agriculture at the 2nd world water forum. This article highlights the contribution of Wageningen URwithin the concept
Show more [+] Less [-]Agriculture, food and water - managing water to feed a growing population Full text
2004
Steduto, P. | Bangoura, S. | Bazza, M. | Beernaerts, I. | Berney, O. | Burke, John | Casentini, B. | Chen, Z. | Eliasson, A. | Facon, Thierry | Faurès, J.M. | Fletcher-Paul, L. | Frenken, K. | Garces, Carlos | Hermans, L. | Hoogeveen, J. | Izzi, G. | Kiersch, B. | Koo-Oshima, S. | Maraux, Florent | Martinez Beltran, J. | Munoz, G. | Pavlovic, R. | Renault, Damien | Sonou, M. | Torrekens, Peter | Van Halsema, G. | Van Leeuwen, N. | Wahaj, Robina | Van Wambeke, A.
Latent heat of evaporation represents a large outgoing component of the energy balance established at a crop-stand surface. This explains why agriculture uses approximately 70% of all the freshwater withdrawn in the world. Increasing demand for water due to population growth, competition with industrial, domestic and environmental requirements, and the decreasing quality of water, limit the agricultural capacity for food production. The Water Resources, Development and Management Service (AGLW) of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is carrying out activities aimed at helping country members in supporting sustainable water management to securing food for a growing population. These activities cut across the various levels of the water domain, going from the (inter)national policy level down to local-level field applications. In this article, FAO's experiences in agricultural water management are used to provide lessons from the past and indicate directions for future challenges. (Résumé d'auteur)
Show more [+] Less [-]Global challenge program on water and food
2002
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Rome (Italy) eng
Water as a resource for food production Full text
2000
FAO, Rome (Italy). Conference, Council and Protocol Affairs Div. eng | FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean eng 10-14 Apr 2000 Sess. 26 Merida (Mexico)
Agriculture, food and water. A contribution to the "World Water Development Report"
2003
Water: source of food security. 2002 World Food Day. Bangkok, 14 October 2002
2002
