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7 cze 2021 · Breaking up meat's monopoly as the most thirsty food type is nuts, with 9,063 liters of water needed to produce the average kilo. Further down the scale are fruits and vegetables, requiring 962 and 322 liters per kilogram respectively.
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- Plant Pandemics Are Affecting up to 30% of Major Food Crops - and They're Getting Worse
16 paź 2023 · According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), “2.4 billion people live in water-stressed countries” and “Around 600 million people who depend, at least partially, on...
16 paź 2023 · World food production will have to grow 50 percent by 2050 to meet rising demands, requiring 30 percent more water than today, fueling concerns that mounting agricultural needs risk colliding with increasingly strained resource supplies.
23 sie 2023 · The large amount of water needed for food production means that water resources are predominantly allocated to the agricultural sector. Today, around 70 percent of global freshwater resources are used for agriculture.
The improving supply of food in both countries is shown in the visualization below. In terms of calories, the average food supply in France more than doubled over the last 300 years.1. We provide a detailed account of how these long-term data series are constructed, and related definitions here.
26 lip 2020 · Agricultural production is the main consumer of water. Future population growth, income growth, and dietary shifts are expected to increase demand for water. The paper presents a brief review of the water footprint of crop production and the sustainability of the blue water footprint.
2 sty 2023 · Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is essential for all life. Water is also essential for the functioning of food systems: as a key input into food production, but also in processing and preparation, and as a food itself. Water scarcity and pollution are growing, affecting poorer populations most, and particularly food producers.
