25% of World’s Agriculture Growing in Regions of High Water Stress

25% of World's Agriculture Growing in Regions of High Water Stress. More than a quarter of the world's crops are growing in places that are highly water-stressed — classified as areas where at least 40 percent of available water supplies are withdrawn each year — according to a new study from the Washington, D.C.-based World Resources Institute. Researchers say this correlation could increase as demand for food grows and more users compete for scarcer water supplies.

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1. The best is to use the good agriculture practices. Yes of-course people keep pointing out the agriculture water use but the intentionally forgets the big daddy's using the water.

2. But do these poor farmers have any other option rather than depend on farming? Forget about the water they are using we should talk how much water is consumed in Industries and which country consumes it the most? Water is scare no question about it but why poor people are the target? we should talk how industries are drawing water for profit.

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   1. Sach, The problem will probably get worse before much is done about it. As long as economies can survive some how, then water will be a wait and see thing. This is why some of what I am doing is based on solar or free energy principles which include wind turbines. I think one thing governments need to understand is that if they can supply water to a region, then they could enable those people. And in return, they might find out that what they did was to invest in their people and in their country. I think until something like this is realized, then cost effective ways for desalinating and moving water won't be that important.