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Limitations:
-Conflicts with food production
-Available land
-Greenhouses gases emissions
-Water use
-Biodiversity (doubble cropping?)
How to save water?
• Apply Leaf protein concept; refers
to the form of the proteins found
in the leaves of plants, eg.
Alfalfa>soybean meal (cattle feed
option?) aprox. 10%*.
• 85% of the soy production in the
world is processed as soy meal
and oil
Africa
• One of world’s driest regions, but huge
volume of freshwater resources (lakes,
rivers, wetlands, widespread
groundwater)
• Agriculture: 86%
• Industry: 4%
• Domestic: 10%
Water Footprint:
The national average water footprint of Chinese consumption
was about 700 m3/ /yr per person in the period 1997-2001.
Only 7% of this footprint lies outside China, which means that
China still has a relatively high degree of water self-sufficiency.
Total irrigation water consumption by region,
1995 and 2005
Drinking water and health
Safety and adequacy in water supply and
sanitation
Bhutan 98 79 81 71 50 52
India 96 86 89 52 18 28
Indonesia 89 71 80 67 37 52
Maldives 98 76 83 100 42 59
Myanmar 80 80 80 85 81 82
Sri Lanka 98 79 82 89 86 86
Thailand 99 97 98 95 96 96
Timor-Leste 77 56 62 64 32 41
Nepal 94 88 89 45 24 27
South-East 92 81 84 70 51 56
Asia Region
Drinking water and health: Asia
Arsenic contamination of groundwater
and drinking water in Vietnam: A
Human Health Threat