• 38 - Irrigation expansion’s varying impacts on nutrition

  • Oct 7 2024
  • Length: 24 mins
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38 - Irrigation expansion’s varying impacts on nutrition

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  • Episode 38 - Irrigation expansion’s varying impacts on nutrition

    Irrigation expansion can provide the water necessary to increase food production for our growing world. It can also be a means for moving farmers from simply producing enough food for their families to generating more income through domestic markets or export of additional production.

    However, increasing use of irrigation can have varying impacts on the nutrition of the local communities and it’s important to consider these costs and benefits when striving to reduce poverty, end hunger and protect our water resources.

    In this episode of the Water for Food Podcast, DWFI Director of Communications and Public Relations Frances Hayes talks with experts in irrigation and nutrition as they dive into the interconnectedness of irrigation, water availability and nutrition. Guests include Dr. Piyush Mehta and Assistant Professor Dr. Kyle Davis, both in the Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware.

    View the research mentioned in the episode here.
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