Virtual water is, for this argument, the water embedded in staple and other food commodities.
Virtual water is a term used for the water involved in producing a commodity or a service.
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Or "Virtual Water, " a wall chart which transforms arcane UNESCO data about water usage into a simple explainer about water consumption.
"I use the analogy of the virtual water cooler, " Mr. Zell says.
About 80% of these virtual water flows relate to the trade in agricultural products, while the remainder is related to industrial product trade.
Twitter is a virtual water cooler.
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Increases in crop production and productivity, together with virtual-water trade, will mitigate the regional inequities of availability.
The Virtual Forum of Water Observatory will continue the discussion with instances of reviews, comments and other contributions for a period of 20 days, starting on 16 October.
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The stadium at Monastir was surrounded by a virtual moat of water and the district's governor came to direct clean-up operations to allow the Caf inspectors to gain access to the venue.
While the water-cooler may be far less crowded, the virtual companies we know well find ways to mix it up with far more people than most conventional biotechs.
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The job involves laying down the infrastructure for your city to flourish - power, water, roads and rail - and then watching as businesses and virtual people, called Sims, flock in.
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