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Water is the most essential resource for life, for both humans and the crops we consume. Around the world, agriculture accounts for 70% of all freshwater use.

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Fresh water is the most important resource for human life on earth. People can survive far longer without food than without water, and virtually all of our food sources require fresh water to grow or create.

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Draining waterlogged farm fields helps crops but can leach nitrogen into waterways.

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As climate change worsens, and with populations rising worldwide, water shortages are a top threat to human development and security.

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Background The Agricultural and Agro-processing Master Plan (AAMP) was signed at a ceremony in Cape Town on 12 May, after a two-year-long consultation process in which Agbiz fully participated.

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Water has ranked in the top five risks for seven consecutive years in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report. And if you look at the headline threats to humanity  and the planet over the next decade, as pinpointed by 1,000 experts, all but one are linked to water.