Reducing Water-Based Poverty in the Yellow River Basin
May 06, 2010
May 06, 2010
WASHINGTON, May 6 -- International Food Policy Research Institute issued the following news release by Isaac Steinmetz:
Water resources continue to be a major constraint for China's Yellow River Basin, a region enjoying rapid economic growth. Researchers have documented a link between access to water for irrigation and economic well-being: non-irrigated villages have poverty rates twice as high as irrigated villages. A number of problems, including pollution and competing wat . . .
Water resources continue to be a major constraint for China's Yellow River Basin, a region enjoying rapid economic growth. Researchers have documented a link between access to water for irrigation and economic well-being: non-irrigated villages have poverty rates twice as high as irrigated villages. A number of problems, including pollution and competing wat . . .