More than two-thirds of the water withdrawn from the earth's rivers, lakes and aquifers is used for irrigation.
Yemen: with border irrigation, water is retained by
small dirt dykes
FAO photo by J. Van Acker
More photos in this series:
- China: farmer using a hand-operated pump to draw up water from canal
- India: a poplar plantation thrives on raw sewage water piped directly from nearby homes
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