Stockholm International Water Institute » David Molden http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 From Field to Fork – Wastage of Water in the Food Chain http://www.siwi.org/publication/from-field-to-fork-wastage-of-water-in-the-food-chain/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/from-field-to-fork-wastage-of-water-in-the-food-chain/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:37:42 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/from-field-to-fork-wastage-of-water-in-the-food-chain/ With rising population, urbanisation and higher incomes, food demand may double in the coming 50 years. Given the water scarcity and related environmental problems that are already occurring in many parts of the world, the corresponding increases in the pressure on water and land resources that will accompany these trends is a critical and grossly under-appreciated concern. For real solutions to the food, water and environment nexus, it is essential that we pay attention to the entire production to consumption process, that we understand what happens from “field to fork.”

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3 2007.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/from-field-to-fork-wastage-of-water-in-the-food-chain/feed/ 0 More Nutrition Per Drop – Towards Sustainable Food Production and Consumption Patterns in a Rapidly Changing World http://www.siwi.org/publication/more-nutrition-per-drop-towards-sustainable-food-production-and-consumption-patterns-in-a-rapidly-changing-world/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/more-nutrition-per-drop-towards-sustainable-food-production-and-consumption-patterns-in-a-rapidly-changing-world/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:31:21 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/more-nutrition-per-drop-towards-sustainable-food-production-and-consumption-patterns-in-a-rapidly-changing-world/ Despite laudable efforts and accomplishments in global food production, 840 million people remain undernourished. Water scarcity is a harsh reality that affects billions of people in many parts of the world. Therefore, water development and management must be addressed and changed if we are to reduce the number of undernourished people.

This Policy Brief highlight key facts, conditions and trends regarding water aspects of food production and consumption, and illustrates important policy directions for discussion in the near future.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/more-nutrition-per-drop-towards-sustainable-food-production-and-consumption-patterns-in-a-rapidly-changing-world/feed/ 0 Balancing Human Security and Ecological Interests in a Catchment http://www.siwi.org/publication/balancing-human-security-and-ecological-interests-in-a-catchment/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/balancing-human-security-and-ecological-interests-in-a-catchment/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:30:25 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/balancing-human-security-and-ecological-interests-in-a-catchment/ This report summarises the outcome of the SIWI seminar on how to balance human livelihood security and ecological security, paying attention to water-ecosystem interactions and to upstream/downstream dependencies and how these interactions are modified or altered by human interventions and manipulations. The overriding goal is to seek clarity on what should exactly be meant by ‘land/water integration taking a catchment-based ecological approach’.

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