The Battle for Water – Harvesting and conserving rainwater key to boosting crop yields

Reuters Alertnet (July 25, 2012) | In its Rio+20 call for action, CGIAR urged Rio+20 actors to address the unequal sharing and unsustainable use of natural resources such as water and land, through improved governance and technology dissemination. World food production, hence food security depends on water but water availability per capita is drastically decreasing.