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5 - Endangered Food Security

from Part II - Challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2021

By
Olcay Ünver ,
Eduardo Mansur  and
Melvyn Kay
Edited by
Jurgen Schmandt  and
Aysegül Kibaroglu
Edited in association with
Regina Buono  and
Sephra Thomas
Jurgen Schmandt
Affiliation:
Houston Advanced Research Center
Aysegül Kibaroglu
Affiliation:
MEF University, Istanbul
Regina Buono
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
Sephra Thomas
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Summary

Agriculture, as the primary user of the world’s water resources, bears great promise in coping with water scarcity. Agriculture’s sub-sectors, such as plant production, livestock, and aquaculture, can significantly improve their practices that can lead to water savings, conservation of natural resources, climate change benefits, and co-benefits and can still increase levels of productivity and production to cater for a growing population. Accomplishing this requires a major change in the way we manage our water, land, and soil resources. We underline the key benefits of holistic approaches such as IWRM, nexus, and integrated landscape management, and provide examples from replicable practices.

Keywords

water scarcityholistic managementIWRMnexuslandscape managementnature-based solutionssustainable agriculture
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Sustainability of Engineered Rivers In Arid Lands
Challenge and Response
 , pp. 57 - 65
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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