Managing Water and Agroecosystems for Food Security
There is broad consensus on the need to improve water management and to invest in water for food, as these are critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The role of water in food and livelihood security is a major issue of concern in the context of persistent poverty a...
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| Định dạng: | Sách |
| Ngôn ngữ: | English |
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CABI
2014
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/37193 |
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| Tóm tắt: | There is broad consensus on the need to
improve water management and to invest in
water for food, as these are critical to meeting
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The role of water in food and livelihood security
is a major issue of concern in the context of
persistent poverty and continued environmental
degradation. Although there is considerable
knowledge on the issue of water management,
an overarching picture on the water–food–
livelihoods–environment nexus is missing,
leaving uncertainties about management and
investment decisions that will meet both food
and environmental security objectives.
The Comprehensive Assessment (CA) of
Water Management in Agriculture is an
innovative multi-institute process aimed at
identifying existing knowledge and stimulating
thought on ways to manage water resources to
continue meeting the needs of both humans
and ecosystems. The CA critically evaluates
the benefi ts, costs and impacts of the past
50 years of water development and the chal-
lenges to water management currently facing
com munities. It assesses innovative solutions
and explores the consequences of potential
invest ment and management decisions. The
CA is designed as a learning process, engaging
networks of stakeholders to produce knowledge
synthesis and methodologies. The main output
of the CA is an assessment report that aims to
guide investment and management decisions
in the near future, considering their impact over the next 50 years in order to enhance
food and environmental security to support the
achievement of the MDGs. This report was
published in 2007 under the title Water for
Food, Water for Life: A Comprehensive
Assessment of Water Management in
Agriculture, but CA research and knowledge-
sharing activities have continued to expand the
assessment. |
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