130 million of the global population is on the brink of a water crisis – More than half people in the US alone – and the threat is linked to a lack of control over food supply. Recent examples include food-producing centres such as South Africa and Kenya, which are suffering from drought. The world relies too much on food from drought-stressed nations, and Western farming methods are adding to land degradation. Supply chains are outdated in this respect and food should be sourced instead from an ecosystem design if water crises are to be mitigated.
More than half of the global population is on the brink of a water crisis – 130 million people in the US alone – and the threat is linked to a lack of control over food supply. Recent examples include food-producing centres such as South Africa and Kenya, which are suffering from drought. The world relies too much on food from drought-stressed nations, and Western farming methods are adding to land degradation. Supply chains are outdated in this respect and food should be sourced instead from an ecosystem design if water crises are to be mitigated.