Water use in agriculture in China: importance, challenges, and implications for policy - Jin, Young - 2001 () Citation Context ...sprinkler or drip irrigation, which account for only 3% of the irrigated area, uses 3250 m3 ha1 or less. More than 70% of the irrigated land in China does...
Blumenthal, U. J., & Peasey, A. (2002). Critical review of epidemiological evidence of the health effects of wastewater and excreta use in agriculture.Unpublished document prepared for World Health Organization, Geneva, www. who. int/water_sanitation_ health/wastewater/whocriticalrev. pdf. Boan...
While the water uses of agriculture in North America and Europe are 39% and 33% separately, roughly a half of respective water consumption in these two areas can be found in the industrial sector. On the contrary, the figures in other areas are limited, ranging from 12% (South East Asia)...
Water Use in Agriculture in China: Importance, Challenges, and Implications for Policy Irrigation is too important for China to live without. With 75% of grain production of China coming from irrigated land, irrigation plays a major role in f... Jin,L - 《Water Policy》 被引量: 275发表:...
Agriculture is the foundation of the national economy, and the water are the lifeline of agriculture. Use of water for agricultural irrigation including food, vegetables, and fresh water fish in water with water, livestock and poultry as well as water supplies. World food crisis has become incre...
and in India as much as 90%. Viewed more broadly, as a global water "footprint"—a concept developed by Arjen Hoekstra, a Dutch scientist—including not just the direct uses of water in agriculture, but the indirect onesall the way along the chain from field to fork, agriculture accounts...
The purpose of this bul- letin is to report trends in the uses of the soil and water resources for agriculture and forestry in Mississippi from 1982 to 1998 and evaluate factors affecting man- agement of these resources.Agriculture and forestry have played a major role in Mississippi's ...
This paper presents an overview of the geography, agriculture, water resources and water uses for agricultural production in Korea. The National agenda ... PS Woo - 《J.dev.sus.agr》 被引量: 2发表: 2006年 On the risk of climate change on agriculture and water resources The International Pa...
"900 million people already go hungry and 2 billion people are malnourished in spite of thefact that per capita food production continues to increase," they said. "With 70% of allavailable water being in agriculture, growing more food to feed an additional 2 billion peopleby 2050 will place...
"With 70% of allavailable water being in agriculture, growing more food to feed an additional 2 billion peopleby 2050 will place greater pressure on available water and land. " The report is being released at the start of the annual wor...