Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

Providing the water needed to produce food for more than 9 billion people by 2050 seems simple: agriculture must produce more food with less water. However, three complex issues are involved: First, water, food production and rural development do not have a simple correlation. Second, there are inte...

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Main Authors: Woolley, Jonathan N., Cook, Simon E., David, S., Harrington, Larry W.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Informa UK Limited 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40680
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Cook, Simon E.
David, S.
Harrington, Larry W.
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description Providing the water needed to produce food for more than 9 billion people by 2050 seems simple: agriculture must produce more food with less water. However, three complex issues are involved: First, water, food production and rural development do not have a simple correlation. Second, there are interactions between processes at local, basin and global scales. Third, change involves people in complex networks of institutions. The Challenge Program on Water and Food brings together agriculturalists, hydrologists and development specialists in a global-to-local programme that focuses on change through institutions. We believe that this scale, complexity and involvement are necessary to deliver plausible change.
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spelling CGSpace406802025-06-17T08:23:44Z Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food Woolley, Jonathan N. Cook, Simon E. David, S. Harrington, Larry W. research projects research institutes food security water scarcity poverty productivity river basins Providing the water needed to produce food for more than 9 billion people by 2050 seems simple: agriculture must produce more food with less water. However, three complex issues are involved: First, water, food production and rural development do not have a simple correlation. Second, there are interactions between processes at local, basin and global scales. Third, change involves people in complex networks of institutions. The Challenge Program on Water and Food brings together agriculturalists, hydrologists and development specialists in a global-to-local programme that focuses on change through institutions. We believe that this scale, complexity and involvement are necessary to deliver plausible change. 2009-02-18 2014-06-13T14:48:11Z 2014-06-13T14:48:11Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40680 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Woolley, Jonathan; Cook, Simon E.; Molden, David; Harrington, Larry. 2009. Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. Water International, 34(1):4-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060802666179
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river basins
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Cook, Simon E.
David, S.
Harrington, Larry W.
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title Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
title_full Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
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title_short Water, food and development: the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
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topic research projects
research institutes
food security
water scarcity
poverty
productivity
river basins
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