Our contribution to water use efficiency and protection
If current trends continue, water shortages in agriculture are predicted to be the single most significant constraint facing crop production over the next 50 years. Around 70% of global average fresh water withdrawal is currently used for agriculture. Improved agricultural water management must, therefore, be a top priority. While the efficiency of irrigation water use merits the highest attention for action in agriculture, water collecting technologies in rain-fed agriculture and improved land management systems should also help to maximize the “crop per drop”.
The focus of Bayer CropScience’s research and development activities is crop protection and enhanced seeds, which contribute to improved agricultural productivity. An integral element of this is seeking to contribute simultaneously to water protection and, where possible, water use efficiency improvements for farmers. Although much smaller in scale, efficient water use in our manufacturing sites and other facilities will continue to be achieved through systematic “in house” reviews. Improved water management approaches and the growing co-operation throughout the agricultural value-chain will also complement the many achievements so far.
Bayer CropScience contributes to water use efficiency and protection by:
The focus of Bayer CropScience’s research and development activities is crop protection and enhanced seeds, which contribute to improved agricultural productivity. An integral element of this is seeking to contribute simultaneously to water protection and, where possible, water use efficiency improvements for farmers. Although much smaller in scale, efficient water use in our manufacturing sites and other facilities will continue to be achieved through systematic “in house” reviews. Improved water management approaches and the growing co-operation throughout the agricultural value-chain will also complement the many achievements so far.
Bayer CropScience contributes to water use efficiency and protection by:
- Developing stress tolerant and drought resistant crops
- Providing solutions for healthy plants as these use water more efficiently;
- Providing weed management tools to prevent competition with crops for water;
- Protecting water through integrated R&D and product stewardship activities
- Promoting land management approaches which support improved water management
- Enhancing water-saving schemes at our manufacturing and other sites
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[ last update: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 ]
