Time to act on water scarcity
Wednesday, 2017/01/25 | 08:59:06
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FAO Director-General calls for better water management and improved access for small farmers
Figure: Millions of family farmers in developing countries already suffer from lack of access to freshwater.
FAO 20 January 2017, Berlin - Growing water scarcity is now one of the leading challenges for sustainable development, and that challenge is poised to intensify as the world's population continues to swell and climate change intensifies, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva warned today.
Additionally, climate change is already altering hydrological regimes everywhere, Graziano da Silva said, citing estimates that around one billion people in dry regions may face increasing water scarcity in the near future. These are regions with a high concentration of extreme poverty and hunger.
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