Food And Clean Water: Two Conflicting Necessities of Life

Abstract

Human societies depend on limited natural resources of our planet for their existence and economic development. Rise in human population and per capita
consumption increases the human share of natural resources. In particular development in agriculture to meet the escalating demand for food has resulted
in various environmental problems. The share of agriculture in water use represents the 70 % of the global total making water quantity and quality related
problems foremost impacts of agriculture on the environment. In this brief review environmental costs of agriculture on our limited freshwater resources have
been summarized to draw attention to this critical issue.