Water Scarcity

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Research BriefCapt. Garrett Sinclair, 347th Operations Support Squadron chief of weapons and tactics, analyzes a computer during exercise FT 19-04, April 18, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The five-day exercise will give base personnel an opportunity to experience contingency operations in a contested and degraded combat environment. During…

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In Ethiopia, the average person eats just 42kg of fruit and vegetables per year. This is far below the WHO recommendation of 146kg per year. Fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of vitamins and minerals, vital for our body. Deficiencies can seriously affect our physical health, increasing the risk of…

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Percentages represent fraction of the global cultivated area in each category. Shading indicates croplands affected by blue water scarcity (BWS) that can be sustainably irrigated with deficit irrigation. These areas are then reclassified as suitable for sustainable irrigation , considering different deficit irrigation scenarios. Lack of irrigation in these areas…

AbstractWater scarcity raises major concerns on the sustainable future of humanity and the conservation of important ecosystem functions. To meet the increasing food demand without expanding cultivated areas, agriculture will likely need to introduce irrigation in croplands that are currently rain-fed but where enough water would be available for irrigation.…

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Metito and Hassan Allam Construction have developed the biggest agricultural drainage treatment, recycling and reuse plant in the world worth $100m as part of a joint venture. Located in the Ismailia Governorate, the Al Mahsamma project has a capacity of 1 million m3/day and is built in an area of…