Improvements in crop water productivity increase water sustainability and food security—a global analysis
Irrigation consumes more water than any other human activity, and thus the challenges of water sustainability and food security are closely linked. To evaluate how water resources are used for food production, we examined global patterns of water productivity—food produced (kcal) per unit of water (...
Main Authors: | Kate A Brauman, Stefan Siebert, Jonathan A Foley |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2013-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024030 |
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