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Re: water for food
Friends and Colleagues,
I thought this might interest you.
>From: ROBERT BAYLIS <Baylis@CARDIFF.AC.UK>
>To: infoterra@cedar.univie.ac.at
>Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 13:57:39 GMT
>Subject: INFOTERRA: Water for food
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>I thought this data might provide food for thought:
>
>Litres of water required to produce 1kg of food:
>
>Potatoes 500
>Wheat 900
>Alfalfa 900
>Sorghum 1110
>Maize 1400
>Rice 1910
>Soya beans 2000
>Chicken 3500
>Beef 100,000
>
>Source: New Scientist 1.2.97
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Best Wishes,
Douglas B. Johnson, Ph.D.
Outreach Specialist, Quality of Life Project
Consortium for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (CSARE)
c/o The Program on Agricultural Technology Studies
The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
1450 Linden Drive, Room 146
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
USA
phone/fax: (608) 262-9997
email: djohnso2@facstaff.wisc.edu
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