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- Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
Global P losses from soils and soil P balances All continents result in negative P balances (e g , net P losses from agricultural systems, Table 1; Fig 2) except Asia, Oceania and Australia
- Global agricultural economic water scarcity | Science Advances
The findings of this study show that wise agricultural governance and interventions have the potential to contribute to global food and water security without negatively impacting natural ecosystems Investigating and explaining the nexus, interlinkages, and trade-offs between environmental sustainability and human well-being are fundamental to
- Aquaculture: why the world needs a new wave of food production
The planet has never been under more pressure to increase food production And this pressure is only set to grow – by as much as 60% over the next few decades At the same time, climate change is threatening food systems around the world, with major questions about future food supply and security, livelihoods and human nutrition
- Depleted Aquifers: Causes, Effects, Solutions | Earth. Org
Overall, agriculture accounts for around 70% of global freshwater withdrawal While the main culprits for aquifer depletion are the agriculture industry and drinking water systems ( aquifers supply 2 5 billion people with their sole source of drinking water ), it is important to keep in mind that many other practices contribute heavily to this
- ‘New climate reality’ stretches global freshwater supply
Agriculture and food production is by far the largest user of water, accounting for about 70 per cent of freshwater usage Another 20 per cent of freshwater is used in industry, with just 10 per
- Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and . . .
Since seawater is rarely available for human consumption, the world population depends on only the 3% available fresh water as indicated on the global water distribution in Fig 1 Out of the available freshwater, only 0 06% can be easily accessed as the rest comprises the frozen polar ice cap or glaciers, groundwater, and swam [1, 2]
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