Food security for sub-Saharan Africa: does water scarcity limit the options?
| dc.creator | Gowing, John W. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T13:47:22Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:41:44Z | |
| dc.description | Future food security can be achieved only by delivering substantial increases in agricultural production, but this has important implications for water availability. Water scarcity is not currently a major issue in sub-Saharan Africa, but it would be a mistake to neglect this issue. It would be a mistake also to assume that only plans for irrigated agriculture are affected. It should be recognised that a land-use decision is also a water-use decision. A plan based on improving rain-fed agriculture through adoption of measures to make better use of rainfall brings trade-offs in that there may be less runoff to satisfy the water needs of downstream users and environmental functions. Planning for future food security requires integrated analysis of land-use and water resources issues. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.47864 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/47864/files/paper03-02.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/47864 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/553608 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/47864 | |
| dc.title | Food security for sub-Saharan Africa: does water scarcity limit the options? | |
| dc.type | Text |