UNIB10009 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Food Security
18 Aug 2018
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* himalayan tibertan-qinghai plateau glaciers sustain the major rivers of asia. During the dry season, providing critical irrigation water for agriculture is important. If melting continues at current rates, rivers like the yellow, yangtze, ganges, and indus could become seasonal, causing wheat and rice harvests to plummet. * (cid:862)by (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1009)(cid:1004), a(cid:271)out (cid:1008). (cid:1008). (cid:271)illio(cid:374) people of the (cid:449)orld"s proje(cid:272)ted (cid:1005)(cid:1004) (cid:271)illio(cid:374) people (cid:449)ill suffer fro(cid:373) chronic water shortages(cid:863) population action international, washington d. c. 1997. * (cid:862)water is taking over from oil as the likeliest cause of conflict in the middle east(cid:863) darwish, Geneva conference on environment and quality of life, june 1994. * (cid:862)the extre(cid:373)es of (cid:449)ater are goi(cid:374)g to (cid:271)e (cid:373)u(cid:272)h (cid:373)ore u(cid:374)(cid:373)a(cid:374)agea(cid:271)le, (cid:271)oth drought a(cid:374)d extre(cid:373)es a(cid:374)d risk of floods(cid:863) trenberth director of climate analysis, national centre for atmospheric. Research, colorado, 2 february 2007, summarizing ipcc report. * between 1950 and 2000, world water use tripled. & some 70% of water use is for irrigation.
