According to Alalam.ir Website : The report, prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme in collaboration with the International Institute for Water Management, that «the 1.6 billion people currently live in areas threatened by water scarcity in the number may reach two billion if nothing has changed»The report added that «if we keep on farming practices and food systems themselves», and if it remains «urbanization is growing» continues, «the amount of water necessary for agriculture, which is standing today at 7130 cubic km, will rise from 70 to 90 percent, in order to secure food for nine billion people by 2050 »Has exhausted several areas rich in agricultural food production, such as the highlands of northern China and the Punjab in India and the Western U.S., water resources or on the verge of reaching this stageIn addition to the repercussions of global warming has compounded the problems of drought and floods that may result, in Africa alone, to the decline of agricultural production from 15 to 30 per cent by the end of the centuryThe proposal submitted by the United Nations Environment Programme, to change the approach adopted in this areaAccording to the report, «should shift from food production systems, agro-ecological systems to provide more diverse services»And allow for the development of common policies between the environment and agriculture, increase agricultural production, while preserving natural resources such as water, in addition to various environmental protection regulations ...
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