Virtual Water

<p><em>Virtual Water</em> explores the role of virtual water – the water embedded in a product – in ongoing conversations of agriculture trade and sustainability in an increasingly inter-connected world.</p><p></p><p>A pervasive theme throughout the book is the general lack of knowledge of the use of water in producing and consuming food. The chapters arising from a workshop supported by the OECD Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resources Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems on virtual water agriculture and trade at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln consider questions of gaps in knowledge why sustainability matters and the policy implications of virtual water trade. Contributors show how water is a lens through which to examine an array of vital issues facing humanity and the planet: human and animal health; food production; environmental management; resource consumption; climate change adaptation and mitigation; economic development trade and competitiveness; and ethics and consumer trust. </p><p></p><p><em>Virtual Water</em> will be of great interest to scholars of water resource management and consumption the environmental aspects of development agriculture and food production. </p><p></p><p>It originally published as a special issue of <em>Water International</em>. </p>