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Growing global population and a combination of dietary change, biofuels production, urban and industrial water demand and climate change will see food crises becoming more frequent in the next 40 years. Food and feed production must double to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050. This will require usi...


Chartres, Colin J.[Improved water and soil management: the key to future food security]Improved water and soil management: the key to future food security

Asia accounts for 70% of the world's irrigated area and is home to some of the oldest and largest irrigation schemes. While these irrigation schemes played an important role in ensuring food security for billions of people in the past, their current state of affairs leaves much to be desired. Thi...


Mukherji, AditiFacon, T.Fraiture, Charlotte deMolden, David J.Chartres, Colin J.[Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia's irrigation help?]Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia's irrigation help?

In the face of climate change, population growth and associated pressures on the global food supply, the issue of water management is becoming ever more critical for countries across the world to address. Dr Colin Chartres, Director-General of IWMI, explains how his institute is helping to facili...


Chartres, Colin J.[The International Water Management Institute. Interview]The International Water Management Institute. Interview

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) was established in Sri Lanka by the Ford Foundation and others in the mid-1980s. Today, IWMI works in about 20 countries. Colin Chartres reflected on the history of IWMI's work and described important studies that have advanced the understanding...


Chartres, Colin J.[Water and food security: stumbling toward Malthusian oblivion or pioneering cornucopia?]Water and food security: stumbling toward Malthusian oblivion or pioneering cornucopia?

Asia accounts for 70% of the world's irrigated area and is home to some of the oldest and largest irrigation schemes. While these irrigation schemes played an important role in ensuring food security for billions of people in the past, their current state of affairs leaves much to be desired. Thi...


Mukherji, AditiFacon, T.Fraiture, Charlotte deDavid, S.Chartres, Colin J.[Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia's irrigation help?]Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia's irrigation help?

Feeding over 9 billion people by the second half of this century will require a major paradigm shift in agricultural systems. Agriculture uses approximately 40 % of the terrestrial surface, is the major user of fresh water resources and contributes 17%of greenhouse gas emissions. In turn, agricul...


Chartres, Colin J.Noble, A.D.[Sustainable intensification: overcoming land and water constraints on food production]Sustainable intensification: overcoming land and water constraints on food production

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) addresses the challenge of meeting the growing demand for food, fibre and fuel, despite the changing climate and fewer opportunities for agricultural expansion on additional lands. CSA focuses on contributing to economic development, poverty reduction and food secu...


Steenwerth, KLHodson, AKBloom, A.J.Carter, M.R.Cattaneo, AndreaChartres, Colin J.Hatfield, Jerry L.Henry, K.Hopmans, JWHorwath, WRJenkins, BMKebreab, E.Leemans, RLipper, LeslieLubell, MNMsangi, SPrabhu, RReynolds, Matthew P.Solis, SSSischo, WMSpringborn, MTittonell, Pablo A.Wheeler, SMVermeulen, Sonja J.Wollenberg, Eva K.Jarvis, Lovell S.Jackson, L.E.[Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action]Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action

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