Water for Food Security, Nutrition and Social Justice

By Lyla Mehta, Theib Oweis, Claudia Ringler , Barbara Schreiner , Shiney Varghese

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This book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture. Apart from looking at the role of water and sanitation for human well-being, it proposes alternative and more locally appropriate ways to…

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1 author picked Water for Food Security, Nutrition and Social Justice as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Climate change will pose great challenges to people across the world – especially for poorer communities and less privileged nations. These challenges will require new policy approaches that address food security. This will be especially critical when the imbalances produced by economic growth and climate change intensify demands on water. This book makes us think about how we need to change agricultural practices. Land, water, and food are connected and we will need to grapple with these connections in new ways in the context of climate change.

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