Water, Food And Agriculture

Water and food are the most basic of all human needs, and the two are bound tightly together, because growing food is by far the largest use of the world's fresh water. When water runs short, harvests fail and people go hungry; when farming is done badly, it pollutes and drains the very water it depends on. This topic sits at the meeting point of survival, fairness and the environment, which is exactly the kind of issue Global Perspectives is built to explore.

This note shows you how to think about it the GP way. You will see the core facts on hunger and water, each with its source and year, then look at the issue from a personal, national and global viewpoint. You will work through the big debates, such as whether GM crops are part of the answer, as argument and counter-argument, line up realistic courses of action with their trade-offs, and collect report and team-project ideas you could really use.