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Agnes Quisumbing

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More than half world’s hydropower competes with irrigation (Environmental Research Web)

June 22, 2017


Environmental Research Web published an article on the competition of water use between hydropower and irrigation. Deputy Division Director Claudia Ringler added that 54 percent of globally installed hydropower directly competes with irrigation, and that increased hydro-electricity production might reduce food security. The article also points out that, to a much lesser extent, the two can sometimes complement each other. 

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