WATER AGRIBUSINESS
Keywords:
Sustainable development, Water footprint, Food production, Natural recourses.
Abstract
Agriculture is one of the activities that most requires water. A strategic foresight for water resources is required for the maintenance of productivity without jeopardizing the systems´ water sustainability. New technologies and the management of natural resources are thus adopted to avoid wastes and adequate their use. Current paper analyzes the concepts on water and agribusiness, and thus proposes a wide survey of the issue, forwarding it close to Brazilian agribusiness. It should be underscored that in all commercialized products, from food, clothes and electronic equipments, certain water consumption exists which labels fail to exhibit and thus the real water impact of the product is omitted. Water footprint and terminology, such as virtual water, are tools that contribute towards the lessening of problems of water scarcity in different regions of the planet through international trade. Due to the water´s cyclical characteristics, there is a reduction in its availability because of a growing population that lacks adequate management. If these tools are not deepened and applied, the welfare and safety conditions that society desires will not be maintained.
Published
2016-10-31
Section
Agrobusiness
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