What is virtual water?
Virtual water means hidden flow of water , if food or other commodities are traded from one place to another.
Ie) Amount of water required to produce a product from start to finish and it's hiddenly used for production.It refers sum of fresh water used in various stages of production chain.
For example:
For 1ton wheat 1300 cubic metres of water required.
1 egg approximately 160 litres water required for production.
1kg pork, 6000 litres of water required.
While exporting this product we are giving our water to other countries who import our goods. Countries who import this goods can save water. If 1kg pork they import means they save 6000 litres of water for their future generation.
Virtual water doesn't mean you are not supposed to produce anything. We have to check our water level and need to produce things. Based on our water resources we can grow crop, produce commodities, construct industries etc.
Water sacred countries like Israel produce orange for their needs. They didn't export oranges. Because it required large cubic metres of water. China country people eat pork as their main food but their government didn't allow them to grow pigs. They can import how much they want. To save water these are schemes they put and save their water. So it's better for us if we produce goods based on our water resources.
John Anthony Allan coined the term virtual water and he got Environmental Nobel Prize in 2008.
Save water for our future generation is our responsibility!!
Thank you!!
Virtual water means hidden flow of water , if food or other commodities are traded from one place to another.
Ie) Amount of water required to produce a product from start to finish and it's hiddenly used for production.It refers sum of fresh water used in various stages of production chain.
For example:
For 1ton wheat 1300 cubic metres of water required.
1 egg approximately 160 litres water required for production.
1kg pork, 6000 litres of water required.
While exporting this product we are giving our water to other countries who import our goods. Countries who import this goods can save water. If 1kg pork they import means they save 6000 litres of water for their future generation.
Virtual water doesn't mean you are not supposed to produce anything. We have to check our water level and need to produce things. Based on our water resources we can grow crop, produce commodities, construct industries etc.
Water sacred countries like Israel produce orange for their needs. They didn't export oranges. Because it required large cubic metres of water. China country people eat pork as their main food but their government didn't allow them to grow pigs. They can import how much they want. To save water these are schemes they put and save their water. So it's better for us if we produce goods based on our water resources.
John Anthony Allan coined the term virtual water and he got Environmental Nobel Prize in 2008.
Save water for our future generation is our responsibility!!
Thank you!!
