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Climate, agriculture and water
http://www.iatp.org/climate/index.php?q=feed/article/climate-agriculture-and-water

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that water 
will be particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Effects on 
water, whether flooding or drought, inevitably affect agriculture and food 
security; and of course agriculture, particularly heavily irrigated 
agriculture, affects both water and the climate. These interconnections are 
the subject of a new IATP issue brief by Shiney Varghese.

The paper looks at the critical importance of rain-fed crops on food security 
in developing countries around the world, and the role of industrial 
agriculture and its intensive water use on the environment. The paper calls 
for agriculture-based climate strategies to include water efficiency, 
ecosystem and socioeconomic impact assessments. In addition, climate 
proposals should support the Right to Food and the Right to Water for people 
to meet basic needs, prioritize water availability and support a host of 
sustainable water management tools including organic matter management, 
rainwater harvesting, small-scale water storage, community-based irrigation 
and water maintenance for grazers and small-holder livestock.

You can read the full issue brief here.
http://www.iatp.org/climate/index.php?q=document/eye-of-the-storm-integrated-solutions-to-the-climat