[Music]
I deal with water since 2008 the day
in which my sister gave me a book
beautiful and changing my life
water wars of Vandana Shiva
I am here today to tell you about the
relationship between food and water a report
complex issue too often
underestimated but before doing this
I have to take a step back from 1950
we entered in the den or the peace was
It characterized by geological
transformation massive intervention
man on the planet who is
altering at local level
deeply atmospheric and hydrological
some of the changes taking place in
anthropocene are irreversible first among
All climate change that does not
it is only an environmental phenomenon but
which has very strong social implications
economic policies change
climate was in fact connected to
conflicts arising migration
of entire populations
and also to phenomena such as that of
large-scale land acquisitions
a phenomenon that occurs when
denial of the human right takes
called land grabbing that is,
hoarding of land the planet
literally covered with water, but
0.001 percent of this water that
It covers the planet is available for
human use
In fact, the rest is salt water or
located in the solid state or not
directly accessible water also
in a manner distributed in panetta
extremely unequal
we find that nearly 70
percent of the fresh water reserves
and concentrated in only 13 countries
world water problems have roots
other than one side we find a type of
scarcity that at its root in
lack of water in a territory
this type of scarcity affects a
five people on the planet and indeed
occurs when the amount of water
in an area fails to meet the
needs of the people who live there
generally this type of scarcity
located in countries that are largely
dependent on imports of food and
soon we find out why there is a
Another type of a type of scarcity
much more worrying lack of
previous because it happens in contexts
of poverty and that affects a person
four on the planet
This kind of scarcity and rooted
in economic and social conditions
Institutional barring employment
water part of the population
because it is worrying because no
have access to the right
Water denied a right that
It should be that it is a human right
it means not being able to get out
poverty trap
why should he even care to
most agriculture is the core of
problem
the elephant in the room that’s because
70 percent of fresh water that
we take is precisely dedicated to
production of food and agricultural goods
Generally, this percentage rises very
in arid or semi-arid countries until
reach over 90 percent
Agriculture is also a sector
also important from the point of view
the impact of emissions is in fact
the second sector that puts more
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is then
here that we have to go to
analyze and understand the problem but
since agriculture feeds us and where
we also have to look for
solutions
in the last 100 years the population
grown exponentially but still
more increased water consumption
at a rate that is equal to more than
double that of the growth of
population
This is because we have modified
profoundly the way we live in
Specifically, we changed our
food consumption and to change
Our eating habits our
we have expanded our diet
water footprint per capita level
individual we need in fact
approximately 2 liters of water to quench our thirst
between 30 and 50 for home use but
every day each of us needs
at least 2,000 liters of water to eat
This is because the water is an input of
production is critical in
food production at all stages
the supply chain in particular in the first
step on the field cultivation and
This intuition that had the tone
Professor King’s College and my
PhD supervisor in the call
this virtual water because
water no longer visible inside
the food but it actually was
in types used to produce the
different matching fingerprints foods
various water we need it
of about one cubic meter of water for
plant producing 1,000 calories but
We need five cubic meters of
water to produce 1,000 calories animals
however, stop and look at the amplitude
the water footprint is not enough
because what determines the
sustainability of a product is not
only the volume of water contained in
virtual way inside but it is the
compared the vocation of a
territory
respect
Sustainable agricultural practices on
context in which it occurred and that this
It goes to determine the sustainability or
not the product that we carry on
our tables
what you see was a lake aral
lake in Kazakhstan that in uzbekistan
the last thirty years we have almost
entirely drained to produce the
rice and cotton for export
This lake has doubled its
salt concentration
in the last 30 years it has decreased
of its volume to that of here about 15
meters
trade Agriculture Trade the
food trade in particular
It establishes a relationship a relationship
to myself that I eat is the country where the
agricultural production took place
this trade this bond
Invisible also makes me vulnerable to
books crises that can affect
seemingly distant countries but
can go to affect my
food supply so my
ability to eat certain types
of such foods 40 in Europe
percent of our water footprint
food comes from countries
outside Europe, and some of these are
extremely vulnerable countries from the point
Water view jeopardizing
Whole for example that of the spinnerets
cotton or rice in front of soybeans
this scenario as it contemplates the
future
the answer that I gave you this
if we do not change things do not
indeed change will worsen because
in 30 years we will be 10 billion of
this planet
eight out of ten people will live in cities
live in the city means detach
progressively from food to live a
sort of alienation from those who
product from how it was produced from
seasonality from the vocation of a
territory because we
all available at any time
of the year
and it is then where we should
restart
I think to build a different future
First of all it is important to rethink
agriculture
the future of agriculture must produce
therefore better with more efficiency and with
less with fewer resources and important from
political point of view to the
means investing in farmers
in their training in giving access
to technology because they actually
can help us to transition into
more sustainable production mode
especially small farmers from
which our security depends
Food politicians also have a
Another great duty to stop
to subsidize agricultural productions that
They are harmful to the environment and often
not even go in the direction of
Public health goals and we are
what we eat
so it is important that they take
This commitment to those who do research
the commitment not only to continue to
work to improve knowledge but
also to facilitate the understanding
trying not to be afraid of occasions
beautiful and exciting like today
thus promoting the understanding of the
People of the people as citizens
and as consumers of food consumers
they have a great power, the power to
influence who produces the food
asking traceability asking
Transparency asking responsibility
social and environmental
Before I leave I want to tell you
one last thing there is a theory that
hypothesizes that between two people
anywhere on the planet exists
chain of no more than six intermediaries
I ask of you is to share
the ideas you have heard today and
ask your network to do
just because this way I
You have helped transform
knowledge in the knowledge that I
both to the weapon of mass construction or
more powerful than we thanks
[Applause]
[Music]
I deal with water since 2008 the day
in which my sister gave me a book
beautiful and changing my life
water wars of Vandana Shiva
I am here today to tell you about the
relationship between food and water a report
complex issue too often
underestimated but before doing this
I have to take a step back from 1950
we entered in the den or the peace was
It characterized by geological
transformation massive intervention
man on the planet who is
altering at local level
deeply atmospheric and hydrological
some of the changes taking place in
anthropocene are irreversible first among
All climate change that does not
it is only an environmental phenomenon but
which has very strong social implications
economic policies change
climate was in fact connected to
conflicts arising migration
of entire populations
and also to phenomena such as that of
large-scale land acquisitions
a phenomenon that occurs when
denial of the human right takes
called land grabbing that is,
hoarding of land the planet
literally covered with water, but
0.001 percent of this water that
It covers the planet is available for
human use
In fact, the rest is salt water or
located in the solid state or not
directly accessible water also
in a manner distributed in panetta
extremely unequal
we find that nearly 70
percent of the fresh water reserves
and concentrated in only 13 countries
world water problems have roots
other than one side we find a type of
scarcity that at its root in
lack of water in a territory
this type of scarcity affects a
five people on the planet and indeed
occurs when the amount of water
in an area fails to meet the
needs of the people who live there
generally this type of scarcity
located in countries that are largely
dependent on imports of food and
soon we find out why there is a
Another type of a type of scarcity
much more worrying lack of
previous because it happens in contexts
of poverty and that affects a person
four on the planet
This kind of scarcity and rooted
in economic and social conditions
Institutional barring employment
water part of the population
because it is worrying because no
have access to the right
Water denied a right that
It should be that it is a human right
it means not being able to get out
poverty trap
why should he even care to
most agriculture is the core of
problem
the elephant in the room that’s because
70 percent of fresh water that
we take is precisely dedicated to
production of food and agricultural goods
Generally, this percentage rises very
in arid or semi-arid countries until
reach over 90 percent
Agriculture is also a sector
also important from the point of view
the impact of emissions is in fact
the second sector that puts more
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is then
here that we have to go to
analyze and understand the problem but
since agriculture feeds us and where
we also have to look for
solutions
in the last 100 years the population
grown exponentially but still
more increased water consumption
at a rate that is equal to more than
double that of the growth of
population
This is because we have modified
profoundly the way we live in
Specifically, we changed our
food consumption and to change
Our eating habits our
we have expanded our diet
water footprint per capita level
individual we need in fact
approximately 2 liters of water to quench our thirst
between 30 and 50 for home use but
every day each of us needs
at least 2,000 liters of water to eat
This is because the water is an input of
production is critical in
food production at all stages
the supply chain in particular in the first
step on the field cultivation and
This intuition that had the tone
Professor King’s College and my
PhD supervisor in the call
this virtual water because
water no longer visible inside
the food but it actually was
in types used to produce the
different matching fingerprints foods
various water we need it
of about one cubic meter of water for
plant producing 1,000 calories but
We need five cubic meters of
water to produce 1,000 calories animals
however, stop and look at the amplitude
the water footprint is not enough
because what determines the
sustainability of a product is not
only the volume of water contained in
virtual way inside but it is the
compared the vocation of a
territory
respect
Sustainable agricultural practices on
context in which it occurred and that this
It goes to determine the sustainability or
not the product that we carry on
our tables
what you see was a lake aral
lake in Kazakhstan that in uzbekistan
the last thirty years we have almost
entirely drained to produce the
rice and cotton for export
This lake has doubled its
salt concentration
in the last 30 years it has decreased
of its volume to that of here about 15
meters
trade Agriculture Trade the
food trade in particular
It establishes a relationship a relationship
to myself that I eat is the country where the
agricultural production took place
this trade this bond
Invisible also makes me vulnerable to
books crises that can affect
seemingly distant countries but
can go to affect my
food supply so my
ability to eat certain types
of such foods 40 in Europe
percent of our water footprint
food comes from countries
outside Europe, and some of these are
extremely vulnerable countries from the point
Water view jeopardizing
Whole for example that of the spinnerets
cotton or rice in front of soybeans
this scenario as it contemplates the
future
the answer that I gave you this
if we do not change things do not
indeed change will worsen because
in 30 years we will be 10 billion of
this planet
eight out of ten people will live in cities
live in the city means detach
progressively from food to live a
sort of alienation from those who
product from how it was produced from
seasonality from the vocation of a
territory because we
all available at any time
of the year
and it is then where we should
restart
I think to build a different future
First of all it is important to rethink
agriculture
the future of agriculture must produce
therefore better with more efficiency and with
less with fewer resources and important from
political point of view to the
means investing in farmers
in their training in giving access
to technology because they actually
can help us to transition into
more sustainable production mode
especially small farmers from
which our security depends
Food politicians also have a
Another great duty to stop
to subsidize agricultural productions that
They are harmful to the environment and often
not even go in the direction of
Public health goals and we are
what we eat
so it is important that they take
This commitment to those who do research
the commitment not only to continue to
work to improve knowledge but
also to facilitate the understanding
trying not to be afraid of occasions
beautiful and exciting like today
thus promoting the understanding of the
People of the people as citizens
and as consumers of food consumers
they have a great power, the power to
influence who produces the food
asking traceability asking
Transparency asking responsibility
social and environmental
Before I leave I want to tell you
one last thing there is a theory that
hypothesizes that between two people
anywhere on the planet exists
chain of no more than six intermediaries
I ask of you is to share
the ideas you have heard today and
ask your network to do
just because this way I
You have helped transform
knowledge in the knowledge that I
both to the weapon of mass construction or
more powerful than we thanks
[Applause]
[Music]
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