New Report on Future World Water Situation to be Released Oct. 16

10/8/2002

From: Michael Rubinstein, 202-862-5670 e-mail: m.rubinstein@cgiar.org Janet Hodur, 202-862-8177, e-mail: j.hodur@cgiar.org Michele Pietrowski, 202-862-5679 e-mail: m.pietrowski@cgiar.org, all for IFPRI

News Advisory:

Is the world heading towards a genuine water crisis? Will hundreds of millions of people still lack access to clean water in 2025? What impact will water scarcity have on future global food production and the environment?

Global Water Outlook to 2025: Averting an Impending Crisis uses state-of-the-art computer modeling to project alternative scenarios for water availability and demand through 2025. While the model projects that a moderate worsening in global water policy would lead to a serious crisis, the report also shows that it would only take modest improvements in policies and investments to achieve sustainable water usage. The report contains global, regional and country-level data.

WHAT: Press briefing to release Global Water Outlook to 2025: Averting an Impending Crisis, summary of a groundbreaking report by IFPRI and the International Water Management Institute

WHO: Mark Rosegrant, lead author and senior research fellow, IFPRI Peter Hazell, director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: National Press Club, Zenger Room, 13th Floor 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Mark Rosegrant and Peter Hazell are available for interviews.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFRPI is one of 16 Future Harvest Centers and receives its principal funding from 58 governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Please visit our website at http://www.ifpri.org.