Researchers call for careful water use in agriculture

摘要

Efforts to feed nine billion people by 2050 could lead to widespread destruction of forests, wetlands and other natural systems that protect and regulate the world's water, researchers warned at the beginning of World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, reported our sister publication Agra Europe.However, finding ways to boost agricultural production while protecting nature could also produce big benefits, including reduced poverty and hunger in some of the world's most fragile countries, and hikes in food production that are sustainable beyond 2050.