Vital Role For Australian Irrigation - 2012

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Thi fact sheet summarises Australia’s role in global irrigated food production.

Australia’s irrigators have a vital role to play in meeting the challenge of global food security in the context of climate change and a growing global population. With population growth and standards of living and diet increasing in some regions, the demand for food will double in coming decades. Irrigation currently provides 40% of world food supplies and is projected to meet 60% of the increase in demand.