Water in food production:
- In round the world, agriculture uses 69% of water resources, 23% by industry and 8% by households.
- In developing countries, the store of water fro agriculture is 90%.
- Globally, 90% of the increased food production in the next 25 years is expected to come from already utilized area
- The main challenge of the future is to achieve “more crop per drop” by raising water productivity and avoiding mismanagement.
- In arid regions, water can be imported as “virtual water”.