Abstract
Water is a greatest gift of nature and it is an essential necessity of all living organism to survive in earth. Due to the over exposure of industrialization and urbanization the quantity and the quality of the water sources are getting depleted, thus it is necessary to measure the volume of the water consumed to create each of the merchandise and enterprises we utilize. The water foot printing helps people, organizations and nations by disclosing the amount of water utilized by all sectors from an individual level to national level. They also help in highlighting the volume of water utilized as a part of the considerable number of procedures engaged with assembling and delivering our products. They likewise represent the measure of water defiled amid assembling and generation. Agriculture is one of the major consumers of water and it fully depends on water for growth and production of agricultural products. It is directly and indirectly linked with the water scarcity, Furthermore it is also one of the major sources affecting the quality of water by overloading the fresh water with excess amount of nutrients. Food production is directly linked with the water scarcity and so to increase the food production it is essential to measure the water utility in agricultural process. Water footprint of agricultural products aims in developing new strategies to overcome the water scarcity in agricultural sector and it helps in administering many effective rules for empowering a more proficient governance of water sources under climatic changes, industrial pollution and various other factors affecting the quality of water. This review narrates the various features of the water footprint in the agricultural products.
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Senthil Kumar, P., Janet Joshiba, G. (2019). Water Footprint of Agricultural Products. In: Muthu, S. (eds) Environmental Water Footprints. Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2508-3_1
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