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”.