Globally, water is saved if agricultural products are traded from regions with high water productivity to those with low water productivity.

UNESCO: Summary

What they found: Those who got the cash improved neither the speed nor the accuracy of their work. but those who got the water bottles increased their productivity by 25%, which more than paid for the cost of the bottles.

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Increases in crop production and productivity, together with virtual-water trade, will mitigate the regional inequities of availability.

ECONOMIST: Intelligent communication

Limited agricultural productivity, continued land degradation and water scarcity have made food self-sufficiency goals unachievable at the national or regional level.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The IP65 certification provides improved water and dust resistance, enabling field workers to maintain their productivity in challenging scenarios, such as sand storms and heavy rain.

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Water and conservation projects undertaken in the agricultural heartland precipitated a revolution in productivity that has fed much of the world.

FORBES: New Geographer

This remains a very real concern, with much of the world suffering from increasing water scarcity, land erosion, drought intensity, stalled progress on crop productivity, declining groundwater aquifers, over-grazing of pasturelands, tropical deforestation, massive species extinction, over-fishing, and anthropogenic climate-change.

ECONOMIST: Phoenix flying high