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