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We examined global patterns of water productivity — food produced (kcal) per unit of water (l) — consumed for 16 major food crops using spatially distributed, crop-specific water consumption and yield data.
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Why is it important?
We found a large range in crop water productivity between crops, climatic zones and within climatic zones. For most crops, we see as much variability in water productivity resulting from non-climate drivers as from climate. If water productivity on only the least productive, precipitation-limited croplands were increased, the impact would be substantial.
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This page is a summary of: Improvements in crop water productivity increase water sustainability and food security—a global analysis, Environmental Research Letters, May 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing,
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024030.
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