Crops and drops: Making the best use of water for agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.‏ United Nations Development Programmeen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:11:08Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:11:08Zen
dc.date.issued2000en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractWater and food security are intimately connected. It is no accident that many of the nearly 800 million people in the world who still go hungry live in water-scarce regions. When FAO launched its Special Programme for Food Security in 1994, it was well aware that limited access to water was often a major constraint to increasing food production. wheat, less irrigation water is needed. The effect of this trend will be small but noticeable by the year 2030.More importantly, we believe that the efficiency with which irrigation water is used can be greatly increased over the coming 30 years - from an average 43 percent to about 50 percent.en
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dc.identifier1919en
dc.identifier.citationFood and Agriculture Organization, Working Paperen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66494en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherRome, Italy: FAOen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2000 FAOen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDroughten
dc.subjectRainfed agricultureen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectIrrigationen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleCrops and drops: Making the best use of water for agricultureen
dc.typeAbstracten
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