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O objetivo do trabalho foi comentar a água subterrânea utilizada como matéria prima nos produtos envasados na FLY, com ênfase no histórico da indústria, como também, uma síntese sobre o futuro sistema de tratamento das águas residuárias e a aplicação dos produtos NORUST / FERBAX em um poço de 120 metros de profundidade no aqüífero Barreiras, que apresentou teor de ferro acima 5mg/l. Assim sendo, as indústrias de alimentos, utilizam água subterrânea para atender a demanda das suas necessidades, onde essas empresas de relevante significado econômico e social para os municípios e estados.

Sub-Saharan Africa is a region with a high population density and fast population growth. Low economic status, poverty and food insecurity characterize the region. Most countries are regular food aid recipients. As the population growth rate is higher than the growth in food production, future conditions may become even worse, irrespective of the potential resources within the region. Land and water resources are quite sufficient to support food production. Only 16.8% (which is about 4% of the arable land) of the potentially irrigable land has been developed for irrigated agriculture. Drainage development is almost untouched and involves only 0.4% of the agricultural area.In order to get an impression of promising options and possible constraints, with the help of the policy dialogue model PODIUM, this paper analyses the development of water management scenarios to improve food production in the region. Six sample countries - Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa and Sudan - were considered for the analysis. Three water management scenarios were considered: focus on rainfed agriculture, focus on irrigated agriculture and a mixed scenario. The results of the analysis show that, with proper water management approaches, food security in the region is achievable.

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Jawahar Puja, 'Water quality and food safety: a review and discussion of risks', Water Policy 11, IFPRI, 2009 | IFPRI3; ISI

During the second half of the 20th century the global food production more than doubled and thus responded to the doubling of world population. But the gains in food production came at a cost, leaving a significant environmental footprint on the ecosystem. Global cropland, plantations and pastures expanded, with large increases in fossil energy, water, and fertilizer inputs, imprinting considerable footprint on the environment. Information from pre eminent publications such as Nature, Science, PNAS and scholarly journals is synthesized to assess the water and energy footprints of global food production. The data show that the footprints are significant, both locally, national and globally and have consequences for global food security and ecosystem health and productivity. The literature nearly agrees that global food production system generates considerable environmental footprints and the situation would likely get worrisome, as global population grows by 50% by 2050. Investments are needed today to buffer the negative impacts of food production on the environment. Investments to boost water productivity and improve energy use efficiency in crop production are two pathways to reduce the environmental footprint.