Water for Agriculture: Maintaining Food Security under Growing Scarcity
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Contents 1. Introduction 2. The forces that shape agriculture 3. Characteristics of water use for food production 4. How much water to produce food? 5. The outlook for water for agriculture 6. Adapting to water scarcity 7. Rural poverty, water and food security 8. The special role of groundwater 9. Food production and the aquatic environment Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Environment and Resources
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1543-5938,1545-2050
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.environ.030308.090351