加载中…国务卿克林顿指出有效利用水资源至关重要
(2012-06-15 14:27:17)
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（希拉里•罗德姆•克林顿国务卿在国务院2012年世界粮食奖获奖者宣布仪式上发表讲话）
美国国务院国际信息局（IIP）《美国参考》Kathryn McConnell从华盛顿报道，国务卿希拉里•罗德姆•克林顿指出，如果不找到更多的有效利用水资源的途径，世界便将出现水资源危机。
国务院于6月12日举行2012年世界粮食奖（World Food Prize）获奖者宣布仪式，宣布以色列水资源和土壤专家丹尼尔•希勒尔（Daniel Hillel）荣获2012年世界粮食奖。希勒尔因其40年为干旱地区发展微灌技术并使这些地区适于种植作物而荣获提名。这些方法恰到好处地将少量的水持续地施于作物根部，既提高了农作物产量又节约了用水。
希勒尔儿时在内盖夫（Negev）沙漠高地生活期间了解到干旱地区极度缺水，因此发展了这项水量小、频率高的适度灌溉作物的新技术。
希勒尔发明的方法首先在中东使用，然后推广到非洲、亚洲和美洲。
克林顿说：“今天，使用微灌技术的农民在全球超过600万公顷的土地上种植高产、营养丰富的作物。”她指出农业用水量超过了其他目的的用水量。
克林顿指出，欧巴马政府通过其“保障未来粮食供给”计划（Feed the Future）把农业发展作为首要议程。她说，“保障未来粮食供给”计划重在“推动创新，寻找少花钱多办事、为贫困人口提供帮助的途径” 。自2011年以来，“保障未来粮食供给”投入了1亿多美元来提高农业发展中的用水效率。
（丹尼尔•希勒尔）
克林顿指出，世界上近10亿人每天晚上饿着肚子上床睡觉。到2050年，全球人口预计将达到90亿。根据联合国粮农组织（FAO)的估计，在这段时间内，农业生产必须增加60％，种植粮食用水的需求将增加20％。但是，世界上的水资源是有限的。她说：“在我们考虑如何养活世界不断增长的人口之际，希勒尔博士的工作将变得更加重要。”
克林顿说：“粮食资源的匮乏会导致抢购，使各国粮食贸易中断甚至停顿，食品价格飞涨，进而导致公众骚乱或暴力抗议。”
欧巴马总统今年5月在华盛顿召开的8国集团峰会上宣布了一项最新的农业伙伴关系计划，即“粮食安全和营养新联盟”（New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition）。8国集团由加拿大、法国、德国、意大利、日本、俄罗斯、英国和美国组成。
克林顿最后说：“绿色革命帮助10亿人口摆脱了饥饿。确保拯救另外10亿人的工作要靠我们来做。”
如欲了解更多信息，请浏览World Food Prize 及Feed the Future 网站。
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Washington — The world will experience a water crisis if more ways to efficiently use the resource are not found, says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Clinton spoke June 12 at a State Department ceremony announcing Israeli water and soil expert Daniel Hillel as winner of the 2012 World Food Prize. Hillel was named in honor of his 40 years of work developing microirrigation methods for arid regions, opening those regions to farming. The methods consistently apply small, accurate amounts of water to plant roots, producing major increases in crop yields and conserving water.
Drawn to the critical need for water in arid regions during his years as a child living in the highlands of the Negev desert, Hillel developed the new approach to provide low-volume, high-frequency measured water to crops.
Hillel’s methods were first applied in the Middle East, then spread to Africa, Asia and the Americas.
“Today, farmers using microirrigation produce high-yield, nutritious crops on more than 6 million hectares worldwide,” Clinton said. She noted that more water is used for agriculture than for any other purpose.
Clinton said the Obama administration has prioritized agricultural
development through its Feed the Future food-security initiative.
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“Scarce food resources can lead to panic buying, countries disrupting or even stopping their food trades, and spikes in the prices of food,” Clinton said. “That can then lead to public unrest or violent protests.”
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“The Green Revolution saved as many as a billion people from starvation. It is up to us to make sure we save the next billion,” Clinton said.
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