Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) news (English)

Water demand is increasing three times faster than the world's population growth rate. By 2025, 30 percent of the world's population-a record 2.3 billion people in 50 countries-will be threatened by water scarcity. The gloomy arithmetic of water is alarming and cries out for solutions. The recently-concluded Third World Water Forum in Japan is helping catalyze actions for a water-secure world. Given that 70 percent of the world's freshwater is used...

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Document Date
2003/04/30
Document Type
Newsletter
Report Number
25898
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Afghanistan, Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, Japan, Uzbekistan, Mali,
Region
South Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Western and Central Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2003/08/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) news
Keywords
Agriculture

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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) news (English). Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/920081468281936713

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) news (English)

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