MEXICO CITY, CMC – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says Latin America and Caribbean countries will have to adopt new water management models as agricultural production, industry and energy generation vie for the commodity in coming years.
Delegates from more than 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have been meeting here for the IICA Executive Committee meeting.
A statement issued at the end of the talks on Tuesday said that agriculture, which will have to produce food for a burgeoning population, uses nearly 70 per cent of the water extracted from the environment.