Improved water and soil management: the key to future food security

Vista sencilla de ítem
dc.creatorChartres, Colin J.
dc.date2010
dc.date2014-06-13T11:41:43Z
dc.date2014-06-13T11:41:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:26:12Z
dc.descriptionGrowing global population and a combination of dietary change, biofuels production, urban and industrial water demand and climate change will see food crises becoming more frequent in the next 40 years. Food and feed production must double to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050. This will require using twice as much water as at present or increasing water productivity. It is argued that we need a Blue-Green revolution to deliver water productivity increases. This revolution will depend on increases of both rainfed and irrigated production and has to include improvements in soil fertility and institutional and governance of agriculture and natural resources.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/38425
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/155792
dc.languageen
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceChartres, Colin. 2010. Improved water and soil management: the key to future food security. Paper presented at the 19th World Congress of Soil Science, held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 August, 2010. 6p.
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectsoil management
dc.subjectwater scarcity
dc.subjectsoil exhaustion
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectadaptation
dc.subjectrainfed farming
dc.subjectirrigated farming
dc.subjectfood security
dc.titleImproved water and soil management: the key to future food security
dc.typeConference Paper

Archivos

Colecciones

Instituto Internacional para el Manejo del Agua (IWMI)