What is the percentage of surface water Utilization by agriculture?
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What is the percentage of surface water Utilization by agriculture?
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What is the percentage of surface water Utilization by agriculture?
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Currently, agriculture accounts (on average) for 70 percent of all freshwater withdrawals globally (and an even higher share of “consumptive water use” due to the evapotranspiration of crops).
John Wick
On average, agriculture accounts for 70 percent of global freshwater withdrawals. In the last 30 years, food production has increased by more than 100 percent. FAO estimates that about 60 percent more food will be needed by 2050 to meet the food requirements of a growing global population.
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80%
India has 18% of world population, having 4% of world’s fresh water, out of which 80% is used in agriculture. India receives an average of 4,000 billion cubic meters of precipitation every year. However, only 48% of it is used in India’s surface and groundwater bodies.