Agricultural water withdrawals as proportion of total water withdrawals
Agriculture already consumes 70% of all global freshwater withdrawn worldwide and has depleted soil nutrients, resulting in N, P and K deficiencies covering 59%, 85%, and 90% of harvested area respectively in the year 2000 coupled with a 1,136 million Mg yr loss of total global production.
Year: 2008
From collection: IAASTD - International assessment of agricultural science and technology for development
Cartographer: IAASTD/Ketill Berger, UNEP/GRID-Arendal