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Water Scarcity and Food Security: Implications for Developing Countries

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  1. Department of Economics, FLAME University, Lavale, Pune, India

    Barun Kumar Thakur

  2. Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, Turi Buzurg, Bihar, India

    Tamali Chakraborty

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, The University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Thakur, B.K., Chakraborty, T. (2020). Water Scarcity and Food Security: Implications for Developing Countries. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95675-6_109

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