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Regreening Ethiopia; Water Risks Threaten $Bs in US
Regreening Program to Restore One-Sixth of Ethiopia’s Land. Wells that were dry have been recharged, the soil is in better shape, fruit trees grow in the valleys and the hillsides are green again. Farming communities worked together to close off large areas to animals, save water and replant trees, and this is now to be replicated across one sixth of Ethiopia – an area the size of England and Wales. The most ambitious attempt yet to reduce soil erosion, increase food security and adapt to climate change is expected to vastly increase the amount of food grown in one of the most drought- and famine-prone areas of the world.
Water Risks Threaten Billions in U.S. Electric Sales, Farm Products. Food production and power generation account for more than 80% of U.S. water withdrawals. Because electric power plants and other water-intensive industries are often located in areas with thousands of acres of irrigated agriculture, there is high competition for limited supply. Water stress in those areas could have serious consequences for hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the world.
