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| United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), 93–94 Urbanization food consumption patterns and, 88 gender roles and, 77 increasing trend in, 29, 72 labor markets and, 65 market trends and, 63–64 processed food and, 61–62 water resource development and, 35 Uruguay Round Agreement, 46 V Value-added technologies, 104 Variety protection, 33 Vegetables, 31–32, 62–63 Virtual Extension and Research Communication Network (VERCON), 146b Virtual water, 136 W Wadi hydrology, 56, 70 WANA Wheat. See Wheat Expert System WANANET. See West Asia and North Africa Network on Plant Genetic Resources Wars. See Conflicts Waste management, livestock and, 150–51 Wastewater aquaculture, 40–41 |
Wastewater treatment, 35, 40–41, 135, 152 Water harvesting, 38–39, 70–71, 123, 134–35 Water metering, 36–37 Water pricing, 35–37 Water resources access to, 11, 152 agricultural imports and, 2 agroforestry and, 129t Aral Sea and, 10b climate change and, 131 conflicts and, 151–52 deterioration of, 39–41 development and management of, 34–37, 35f, 36f, 134–36, 152 infrastructure and, 37–39 integrated management of, 119 land resource management and, 89–90 local knowledge and, 21 management as driver of, 85, 89–90 overview of, 6 pesticide use and, 3 rational management of, 134–36 research in management of, 103 risk management policies and, 53 scarcity in, 2, 20, 28 sustainability and, 121–22 traditional knowledge and, 70–72 |
trends in as driver, 84, 89 unconventional, 152 Water storage, 55 Water tariffs, 37 Water transfers, 35–36 Water withdrawal rates, 34, 36f Waterlogging, 6, 39 Watershed management, 18, 137 Well-being, 2, 10–11 Wells (private), 37 West Asia and North Africa Network on Plant Genetic Resources (WANANET), 46 Wetlands, 44–45, 53 Wheat, 43, 73–74, 124f Wheat Expert System (WANA Wheat), 73 Wildlife, 5, 53, 129t Women. See Feminization of agriculture; Gender roles Woodlands, 30 World Bank, 47 World Trade Organization (WTO), 46, 50, 86–87, 99–100 Y Yemen, terraces of, 71 Z Zoonoses, 35, 101, 150 |
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