Sobering realities for World Water Day

- There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. This means that 70% more food will be needed, up to 100% in developing countries.
- Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat. It takes about 1500 liters of water to produce 1 kg of wheat, but it takes 10 12 times more to produce 1kg of beef!
- Roughly 30% of the food produced worldwide – about 1.3 billion tons – is lost or wasted every year. Diets with excessive food intake are also a source of waste and a cause of growing heath costs.
- By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world’s population could be living under water stressed conditions.
- During the second half of the 20th century, world population had a twofold increase, agriculture doubled food production and developing countries increased per capita food consumption by 30 percent.
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