Water is essential for life and human survival. We not only rely on fresh and clean water for drinking and washing, but for agriculture, fisheries, and energy generation. Scientists have warned that unsustainable development has placed an enormous stress on our planet's ability to produce fresh water and billions of people will face serious water shortages by 2050. Kylie Schultz at Ensia created this interesting infographic that examines the amount of water use around the world.
Infographic: Are we on the path to peak water?
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Blogroll
1,000 Days Blog, 1,000 Days
Africa Can End Poverty, World Bank
Agrilinks Blog
Bread Blog, Bread for the World
Can We Feed the World Blog, Agriculture for Impact
Concern Blogs, Concern Worldwide
Institute Insights, Bread for the World Institute
End Poverty in South Asia, World Bank
Global Development Blog, Center for Global Development
The Global Food Banking Network
Harvest 2050, Global Harvest Initiative
The Hunger and Undernutrition Blog, Humanitas Global Development
International Food Policy Research Institute News, IFPRI
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Blog, CIMMYT
ONE Blog, ONE Campaign
One Acre Fund Blog, One Acre Fund
Overseas Development Institute Blog, Overseas Development Institute
Oxfam America Blog, Oxfam America
Preventing Postharvest Loss, ADM Institute
Sense & Sustainability Blog, Sense & Sustainability
WFP USA Blog, World Food Program USA
Archive
Global Food for Thought: COVID-19 Hub | Systemic Vulnerabilities | A New Swarm
Our weekly round up of the top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!
Featured Commentary - A "Resilient" Food System Built on Systemic Vulnerabilities
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how vulnerable our food supply chain workers are, and that returning to "normal" is not good enough.
Global Food for Thought: Frog Trade | Tracking Trees | Effects of Remittances
Our weekly round up of the top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!
Guest Commentary - A Resilient Food Supply Chain is the First Step in Health for All
We must rethink our food supply – a system that was stressed well before the current pandemic – to finally create a system that is resilient to global shocks.
Guest Commentary - COVID-19, Malnutrition, and Climate Change - The Need to Transform the System
COVID-19 responses must include nutrition in order to achieve food security and address human and planetary health.
Guest Commentary - A Water Mold Helped Kill a Million People, Then Changed Science Forever
The plant disease late blight caused famine, but also spurred US compassion and scientific breakthroughs.
Global Food for Thought: Arid Agriculture | Sustainable Almonds | Child Labor Report
Our weekly round up of the top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!
One Child, One Classroom – The Lifelong Cost of Malnutrition
In the life of one man, we see a possible preview of a post-Covid future.
Global Food for Thought: Global Nutrition | Flooding | Mango Season
Our weekly round up of the top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!
Next Generation - Taking the Pandemic as an Opportunity to Revitalize and Reinforce our Local Food Economy
In times of great change, there is an opportunity for everyone to contribute to stronger local food systems.
Global Food for Thought: Innovation in Crisis | Sugar Challenges | Meat Alternatives
Our weekly round up of the top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!
Featured Commentary - Innovating in a Crisis: How the World Food Programme is Adapting to COVID-19 and Why You Should Care
In our latest collaboration with Agri-Pulse, Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of the World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator, discusses the innovations necessary to keep global food assistance programs up and running in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guest Commentary - When Fighting Pathogens ‘Pay a Little Now or a Lot Later’
Pathogens threaten human and plant health, and the fallout can be expensive. Investing in research now will save us big costs down the road.
Global Food for Thought: Seed Distribution | Fuel for Harvest | Farm Automation
Our weekly round up of the top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!
Guest Commentary - Land Grant Model Inspires Modern Day Approach During COVID-19 and Anticipated Global Food Crisis
Scientific Animations Without Borders is an innovative new approach to the land grant mission of solving problems and providing knowledge that people need to work productively, succeed individually, and contribute to the common good of their communities.