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- Soil and the intensification of agriculture for global food . . .
In many regards, however, soil remains an overlooked resource For example, the United Nations often makes reference to the Water-Food-Energy nexus, with agriculture accounting for 70% of global water withdrawal and food production and supply accounting for 30% of global energy consumption (FAO, 2014) However, with agricultural production
- Water scarcity in agriculture: An overview of causes, impacts . . .
Agricultural production is responsible for nearly 70% of that withdrawal volume, while the industrial sector and the domestic uses are responsible for 22% and 8% of that volume, respectively Therefore, it is clear that agriculture is the most water-intensive sector, thereby contributing extensively to freshwater scarcity [15,16]
- Tanzania: Agricultural Sector Overview - Gates Open Research
Structure of the Agricultural Sector Tanzania’s agriculture sector is extremely diverse Crop production accounts for 55% of agricultural GDP, livestock for 30%, and natural resources for 15% 1 The main export crops are sugar, coffee, cotton, tobacco, and tea The most prevalent staple crops include maize, cassava, rice, sorghum, and millet
- Irrigated areas drive irrigation water withdrawals - ResearchGate
Irrigation agriculture is at the forefront of global food security With the potential to provide crop yields more than two times as large as dryland agriculture 1,2, irrigation agriculture cur
- Africa’s Agricultural Transformation: Identifying Priority . . .
agriculture currently employs 65–70 percent of the African workforce, supports the livelihoods of 90 percent of Africa’s population, and accounts for about a quarter of the continent’s GDP (OECD and FAO, 2016; World Bank, 2016) The importance of the agricultural sector is such that agricultural growth in sub-Saharan Africa is more
- ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY SURVEY 2017 . . .
Agriculture contributed on average 9 9 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between 2012 and 2016 The main commercial agricultural products in Zimbabwe are maize, tobacco, cotton, sugar, horticultural crops, beef, fish, poultry, groundnuts, wheat, and soybeans About 70 percent of population derive their livelihood from agriculture
- Reducing postharvest crop losses | McKinsey - McKinsey Company
While postharvest losses affect all major crops, including fruits, vegetables, and pulses, losses in rice, wheat, and other cereal grains—which account for 70 percent of all calories consumed 8 Don Gunasekera, Hermione Parsons, and Michael Smith, “Post-harvest loss reduction in Asia-Pacific developing economies,” Journal of Agribusiness
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