Linking domestic water and food security at Stockholm World Water Week 2012

Towards a tipping point for multiple-use services

The Hague, 17 August 2012

During the Stockholm World Water Week to be held from 26-31 August, representatives from different water sector organisations will be discussing approaches to improving the use of water for food security.

At this event, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), together with partners from the Multiple-Use Services (MUS) Group, will be promoting the use of domestic water supplies to improve food security. Water use at the homestead-level, for small-scale production from livestock, and vegetable gardens make the difference for millions of poor families.

“Many poor families in rural and urban areas do not have access to irrigated lands, or even rain-fed fields. For them, the homestead represents an important site of production, but one that is often ignored. And this is a site for which domestic supply systems can provide water,” said Nico Terra, IRC Director, on the eve of World Water Day 2012, earlier this year....

Source: Linking domestic water and food security at Stockholm World Water Week 2012
Author: IRC

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