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Ensuring Food Security by Improving “Freshwater Use Efficiency” or by Farming the Seas

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Abstract

The present chapter discusses water use and food production in a freshwater challenged world with a growing human population. Proposed approaches to ensure food security are multifaceted but simple. First, we need to improve water use efficiency in all food production systems. Second, we need to develop technology to farm dry or semi-arid areas of the world. Third, we should integrate various fields of agriculture and animal husbandry to improve water productivity. Fourth, we should learn to go for proven local technologies rather than glamourous setups that do not work in rural settings. Fifth, we should seriously start working on farming the oceans. Last but not least, we need to invest in education and training. The common thread in all these suggestions is the use of aquaculture to improve food production efficiency. These proposals are not novel ideas but most governments have failed to implement even the simplest of suggestions. However, now that climate change adaptation plans are at the forefront of international discussions, maybe more countries will implement suggestions for water use efficiency improvement summarized in this chapter in order to better ensure sustainable food production.

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Saoud, I.P. (2017). Ensuring Food Security by Improving “Freshwater Use Efficiency” or by Farming the Seas. In: Murad, S., Baydoun, E., Daghir, N. (eds) Water, Energy & Food Sustainability in the Middle East. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48920-9_15

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