Better water management could halve the global food gap
Published on by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks) in Academic
Improved agricultural water management could halve the global food gap by 2050 and buffer some of the harmful climate change effects on crop yields. For the first time, scientists investigated systematically the worldwide potential to produce more food with the same amount of water by optimizing rain use and irrigation. They found the potential has previously been underestimated. Investing in crop water management could substantially reduce hunger while at the same time making up for population growth. However, putting the findings into practice would require specific local solutions, which remains a challenge.
Source: Phys.org
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To produce more (3 times more than drip irrigation for trees or vegetables crops). Our slogan is “More crop with less drop”. This means that we need 70% less water than drip irrigation to produce 1 kg of vegetables or fruit.
To mitigate the negative effects of long droughts (2 till 4 years) on crops, specially the trees crops. This is by injection and storage of the excess of water, during the heavy rains, in the deep soil layers of the trees plantations,
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