Agriculture, food and water - Managing water to feed a growing population

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Agriculture, food and water - Managing water to feed a growing population

Journal Article (2004)

Author(s)

P. Steduto (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

S. Bangoura (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

M. Bazza (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

I. Beernaerts (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

O. Berney (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

J. Burke (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

B. Casentini (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

Z. Chen (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

Å Eliasson (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

T. Facon (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

J. M. Faures (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

L. Fletcher-Paul (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

K. Frenken (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

C. Garces (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

L. Hermans (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations, TU Delft - Policy Analysis)

J. Hoogeveen (TU Delft - Water Resources, Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

G. Izzi (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

B. Kiersch (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

S. Koo-Oshima (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

F. Maraux (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

J. Martinez-Beltran (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

G. Munoz (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

R. Pavlovic (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

D. Renault (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

M. Sonou (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

P. Torrekens (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

G. Van Halsema (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

N. Van Leeuwen (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

R. Wahaj (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

J. Van Wambeke (Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations)

Research Group

Policy Analysis

Water productivity Water resources Irrigation Water use Agricultural water management Water policy

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Publication Year

2004

Language

English

Research Group

Policy Analysis

Issue number

286

Pages (from-to)

117-124

Downloads counter

360

Abstract

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 This explains why agriculture uses approximately 70% of all the freshwater withdrawn in the world.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.

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