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Contributor [1]
Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 02:00
Categories: 
Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
93 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Looking 30 years into the future, FAO estimates that feeding the world's population will require 60% more food. Most of that increase will have to come from intensified agriculture, supported by irrigation. But water is already scarce in many countries, and competition for water from industrial and domestic users continues to grow. So where will we find the water to grow the crops that feed the world?

Category: 
Land & Environment [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/environment/12256 [5]

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