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Increasing agricultural water use efficiency to meet future food production
2000-12-01
Abstract excerpt
With the world's population set to increase by 65% (3.7 billion) by approximately 2050, the additional food required to feed future generations will put further enormous pressure on freshwater resources. This is because agriculture is the largest single user of fresh water, accounting for approximately 75% of current human water use. At present approximately 7% of the world's population live in areas where water i...
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- 6dea626a-6a27-5d79-a4c8-4ad667760252
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- 10.1016/s0167-8809(00)00220-6