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Coping With Water Scarcity In Developing Countries: What Role For Agricultural Biotechnologies?

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, FAO (2007)

The central role that water plays for this planet and its inhabitants has often been summed up by the expression 'water is life'. The water that falls from the sky represents, directly or indirectly, the basis for life on Earth. Water is a renewable but finite resource on our blue planet and one which is increasingly threatened. We are living in a time of great change and humankind's activities have put an ever-increasing strain on all of the world's resources including the most precious of all, water. Most of the freshwater supplies that are withdrawn for human use are employed in agriculture. The aim of this conference, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum, is to debate the role that biotechnology tools applied for agricultural purposes may play in helping us to cope with life on a water-scarce planet.

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