From Scarcity to Solutions: Food-Water Innovation in Asia and the Middle East
World Economics Forum | June 2025The world’s freshwater systems are buckling under pressure from climate change, pollution and over-extraction. Water demand is predicted to exceed supply by 40% within five years. Agriculture – which consumes 70% of freshwater withdrawals – is at particular risk, given food production must increase 60% by mid-century. The food-water nexus is now a critical imperative: humanity needs to rebalance its relationship with water.
