Ensuring global food production with sustainable water supply: technologies and adaptation strategies from agriculture and agricultural engineering

Agriculture in a growing number of regions around the world is having to adapt to declining and increasingly volatile water availability.

As a result, more and more farmers are being forced to implement practical alternatives to their previous farming methods.

In order to use water resources more sustainably, national and international organisations are working with respective governments to develop appropriate strategies for action.

Adapted agriculture is the basis for ensuring food security in the future. In this context, the transfer of knowledge on humus formation, regenerative and water-conserving agriculture is an important factor for success.

Advances in digitalisation and plant breeding can also help to counteract the effects of water scarcity.

The panelists will present their respective perspectives on the strategies, technologies and management methods that are needed to be able to implement more environmentally friendly water use in agriculture in particular.

Representatives from FAO and GIZ will share how they support adaptation strategies worldwide, while the representative from the Global Farmer Network and a further representative from the agricultural engineering industry will explain which technologies they are relying on to promote soil fertility and good harvests in the face of local and regional water crises.