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The Pacific Institute has just released a major new study that shows that a strong and healthy California agricultural sector can flourish despite diminishing water supply and future uncertainty from climate change, but only if new steps are taken to significantly increase the efficiency of water use in California fields. The good news is that many farmers and irrigation... Keep Reading »

Agriculture -- the production of food and fiber -- is of vital importance for humanity. To paraphrase a popular ad from a few years ago, without food, life itself would be impossible. So for this post, here is an agricultural water number:

Water Number: Around 80% of water consumed by humans goes to agriculture, globally and in... Keep Reading »