Global climate change is accelerating water shortages – scarce water conditions affect many small farming households who depend on rainfall to grow the crops they eat.
1.2 billion people live in areas of
physical water scarcity
- 2007 UN report, Coping with Water Scarcity
Critical Gaps To Fill
Vulnerable, poor farmers
Smallholder farmers make up the majority
of the world’s rural poor. They often occupy
marginal land and depend on rainfall for production.
Decreasing water supply
One in three people today face water shortages- 2007 UN report, Coping with Water Scarcity