Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap
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Improved agricultural water management could halve the global food gap by 2050 and buffer some of the harmful climate change effects on crop yields. For the first time, scientists investigated systematically the worldwide potential to produce more food with the same amount of water by optimizing rain use and irrigation. They found the potential has previously been underestimated. Investing in crop water management could substantially reduce hunger while at the same time making up for population growth. However, putting the findings into practice would require specific local solutions, which remains a challenge.
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Environmental Research Letters JournalPublished in Climate-ADAPT Jun 07 2016 - Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12 2023