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The Water Footprint of Crops

A fairly exhaustive accounting of the water embodied in various crop products in a 2011 paper by Mekonnen and Hoekstra.  For each kg of rice, 14,000 liters of water.  For each kg of beans, 5000 liters of water.  Wow.

Posted on 2013-03-22Categories linkstreamTags food, footprint, science, waterLeave a comment on The Water Footprint of Crops
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