Water Shortages will reduce Food Production

January 5, 2008 · Filed Under Threats to Food Supply 

Water shortages will reduce food production.  This is because to produce food we need water and lots of it. As the population increases we will need much more water to increase yield but there will in fact be much less available for farming.

Peakfood has previously discussed the effect of climate change on snowmelt and river flow causing reduced amounts of water available for irrigation at the correct time of year. There is also the d

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