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Oct 16, 2023 · At local and farm levels, water constraints can push producers to employ polluted water sources that may then compromise or contaminate food supplies. Similarly, household water insecurity can undermine household food security via multiple pathways.
Reliable access to water is critical for crops and livestock to thrive, for washing and cooking foods, and for adopting hygienic practices that limit exposure to pathogens that reduce nutrient absorption. Despite these important interconnections, water and food security objectives are often pursued in isolation. Emerging evidence illuminating ...
Nov 23, 2020 · With two billion more mouths to feed by 2050, food security is an issue that concerns us all. Now is the time to make changes to the way we grow and produce food. Food and Water
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Jul 1, 2021 · In summary, water security is a powerful concept that is still in its early days in the nutrition literature. This is important because stable availability, access, and use of water have intrinsic value as a human right and should be a goal in and of itself.
Jun 11, 2020 · As water scarcity worsens and climate variability increases, imports of food (and the virtual water embodied in that food) will be crucial in water-scarce areas to ensure food security and to facilitate short-term term imports to address food shortages caused by weather-induced production shortfalls.
Oct 12, 2023 · Recognizing the importance of experiences with water insecurity in the context of food and nutrition is a powerful way to act on the Food and Agriculture Organization’s call to “take...
Jun 1, 2022 · To avoid that water “breaks” food systems, key food systems actors should 1) Strengthen efforts to retain water-dependent ecosystems, their functions and services; 2) Improve agricultural water management; 3) Reduce water and food losses beyond the farmgate; 4) Coordinate water with nutrition and health interventions; 5) Increase the environment...
