Water for food systems and nutrition

Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is essential for all life. Water is also essential for the functioning of food systems: as a key input into food production, but also in processing and preparation, and as a food itself. Water scarcity and pollution are growing, affecting poorer populations...

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Main Authors: Ringler, Claudia, Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure, Baye, Kaleab, Barron, Jennie, Hafeez, Mohsin, Lundqvist, Jan, Meenakshi, J.V., Mehta, Lyla, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Rojas Ortuste, Franz, Tankibayeva, Aliya, Uhlenbrook, Stefan
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Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126688
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author Ringler, Claudia
Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure
Baye, Kaleab
Barron, Jennie
Hafeez, Mohsin
Lundqvist, Jan
Meenakshi, J.V.
Mehta, Lyla
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Rojas Ortuste, Franz
Tankibayeva, Aliya
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
author_browse Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure
Barron, Jennie
Baye, Kaleab
Hafeez, Mohsin
Lundqvist, Jan
Meenakshi, J.V.
Mehta, Lyla
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Ringler, Claudia
Rojas Ortuste, Franz
Tankibayeva, Aliya
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
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Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure
Baye, Kaleab
Barron, Jennie
Hafeez, Mohsin
Lundqvist, Jan
Meenakshi, J.V.
Mehta, Lyla
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Rojas Ortuste, Franz
Tankibayeva, Aliya
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
author_sort Ringler, Claudia
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description Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is essential for all life. Water is also essential for the functioning of food systems: as a key input into food production, but also in processing and preparation, and as a food itself. Water scarcity and pollution are growing, affecting poorer populations most, and particularly food producers. Malnutrition levels are also on the rise, and this is closely linked to water scarcity. The achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2 and 6 are co-dependent. Solutions for jointly improving food systems and water security outcomes include: (1) strengthening efforts to retain water-based ecosystems and their functions; (2) improving agricultural water management for better diets for all; (3) reducing water and food losses beyond the farmgate; (4) coordinating water with nutrition and health interventions; (5) increasing the environmental sustainability of food systems; (6) explicitly addressing social inequities in water-nutrition linkages; and (7) improving data quality and monitoring for water-food system linkages, drawing on innovations in information and communications technology (ICT). Climate change and other environmental and societal changes make the implementation and scaling of solutions more urgent than ever.
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spelling CGSpace1266882025-11-07T08:11:24Z Water for food systems and nutrition Ringler, Claudia Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure Baye, Kaleab Barron, Jennie Hafeez, Mohsin Lundqvist, Jan Meenakshi, J.V. Mehta, Lyla Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Rojas Ortuste, Franz Tankibayeva, Aliya Uhlenbrook, Stefan water security food systems nutrition food security sustainable development goals goal 6 clean water and sanitation goal 2 zero hunger agriculture water management irrigation water scarcity water pollution malnutrition health climate change environmental sustainability ecosystems Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is essential for all life. Water is also essential for the functioning of food systems: as a key input into food production, but also in processing and preparation, and as a food itself. Water scarcity and pollution are growing, affecting poorer populations most, and particularly food producers. Malnutrition levels are also on the rise, and this is closely linked to water scarcity. The achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2 and 6 are co-dependent. Solutions for jointly improving food systems and water security outcomes include: (1) strengthening efforts to retain water-based ecosystems and their functions; (2) improving agricultural water management for better diets for all; (3) reducing water and food losses beyond the farmgate; (4) coordinating water with nutrition and health interventions; (5) increasing the environmental sustainability of food systems; (6) explicitly addressing social inequities in water-nutrition linkages; and (7) improving data quality and monitoring for water-food system linkages, drawing on innovations in information and communications technology (ICT). Climate change and other environmental and societal changes make the implementation and scaling of solutions more urgent than ever. 2023-01 2023-01-08T17:53:46Z 2023-01-08T17:53:46Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126688 en https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5 Open Access application/pdf Springer Ringler, C. et al. 2023. Water for Food Systems and Nutrition. IN: von Braun, J., Afsana, K., Fresco, L.O., Hassan, M.H.A. (eds) Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation. Cham: Springer: 497-509
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food systems
nutrition
food security
sustainable development goals
goal 6 clean water and sanitation
goal 2 zero hunger
agriculture
water management
irrigation
water scarcity
water pollution
malnutrition
health
climate change
environmental sustainability
ecosystems
Ringler, Claudia
Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure
Baye, Kaleab
Barron, Jennie
Hafeez, Mohsin
Lundqvist, Jan
Meenakshi, J.V.
Mehta, Lyla
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Rojas Ortuste, Franz
Tankibayeva, Aliya
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
Water for food systems and nutrition
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title_full Water for food systems and nutrition
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title_short Water for food systems and nutrition
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food systems
nutrition
food security
sustainable development goals
goal 6 clean water and sanitation
goal 2 zero hunger
agriculture
water management
irrigation
water scarcity
water pollution
malnutrition
health
climate change
environmental sustainability
ecosystems
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126688
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