Life is not possible without water, and the North African and the Middle Eastern regions are facing severe water scarcity. Which is why, the Food and Agriculture Organisation Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said in Cairo, has called for “urgent and massive response” to overcome the looming challenge of non-availability of fresh water.
Accessible fresh water in the region has fallen by two-thirds in the past 40 years. It now amounts to ten times less per capita availability than the worldwide average, underscoring the need for a significant overhaul of farming systems, he added.
