{"id":1832,"date":"2016-11-21T10:38:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T10:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alj.corp.staging.omniaconnect.net\/en\/?post_type=news&p=1832"},"modified":"2019-01-17T06:40:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T06:40:32","slug":"combat-global-water-food-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/alj.com\/en\/news\/combat-global-water-food-scarcity\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining the fight to combat global water and food scarcity"},"content":{"rendered":"

By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world population could be living under \u2018water stress\u2019 conditions, where access to safe and reliable water is restricted*.<\/p>\n

Already, around\u00a0700 million\u00a0people in 43 countries across the globe suffer from water scarcity, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, according to United Nations Water.<\/p>\n

By 2030 it is predicted that food demand will increase by a further 50 percent, as our global population continues to grow at a staggering rate. This phenomenon will further deplete water resources as roughly 30% of the food produced worldwide \u2013 about 1.3 billion tons \u2013 is lost or unused every year, which means that the water used in production is also wasted.<\/p>\n

To meet global food demand by 2050, agricultural production must increase by 60% which poses a profound challenge for agronomists and technologic experts worldwide.<\/p>\n

Abdul Latif Jameel\u2019s social arm, Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI) <\/a>is supporting the movement to alleviate these concerns by strengthening long-standing relationships with world leaders in combating food and water shortages.<\/p>\n

ALJCI has worked for many years with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<\/a> on poverty alleviation programs and has now established a new laboratory within MIT called the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security\u00a0Lab (J-WAFS)<\/a> that will lead vital research into the impact of population growth, urbanisation, and climate variability on food and water resources.<\/p>\n

J-WAFS began operations in September 2014 and will spearhead research to help mankind adapt to a rapidly changing planet and combat world-wide scarcity of food and water. The lab aims to address the collective pressures that endanger food and water systems in developing and developed countries alike.<\/p>\n

Because water and food systems and needs are often specific to a particular country or region, the lab’s approach will emphasise solutions that vary by area of activity. It will also seek to develop broad-based approaches through a range of disciplines: urban planning and design, engineering and technology, climate and hydrology, and policy, economics, and social sciences.<\/p>\n

* United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)<\/p>\n

For more information about the J-WAFS laboratory, please read the full press release here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5762,"template":"","tags":[],"newscategory":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCombating Global Water and Food Scarcity | Abdul Latif Jameel\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives is strengthening long-standing relationships with world leaders to combat food and water shortages.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alj.com\/en\/news\/combat-global-water-food-scarcity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Combating Global Water and Food Scarcity | Abdul Latif Jameel\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives is 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