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Lessons from Cape Town, Beira and Lima Water is important element for socioeconomic growth, healthy habitats, and human survival itself, and it is at the heart of sustainable development. It is essential to the development and protection of a wide range of human benefits and services, reducing global disease burdens and improving population health, welfare, and productivity. Agriculture is by far the most water-intensive sector, accounting for 70% of all water withdrawals, this figure varies greatly between countries. Rainfed agriculture is the most common agricultural production method in the world, but its current productivity is only about half of what it could be with optimal agricultural management. Water demand is shared by industry and electricity, accounting for 20% of total demand. In comparison to less-developed countries, where agriculture dominates, more developed countries have a much higher proportion of freshwater withdrawals for industry. Industry faces a variety of cha...

  According to the UN Committee on World Food Security, food security means that all people have physical, social, and economic access to adequate, secure, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and balanced life at all times. As a result, the main dimensions of the household food security construct are physical availability of food, economic and physical access to food, and sufficient food utilisation, which is a feature of the body's capacity to absorb and use nutrients, as well as dietary quality and food safety. A changing climate, an increasing global population, rising food prices, and environmental stressors will all have substantial yet unpredictable effects on food security in the coming decades. Adaptation plans and policy responses to global change are urgently needed, including options for dealing with water allocation, land use trends, food trade, postharvest food production, food prices, and food protection.  Food se...