Environment committee  It would help, but that alone would not be able to meet the targets.

Environment committee  It's probably about 10% to 15%.

Environment committee  Canada, in my view, should be a world leader in addressing the issues around climate change in agriculture. You're quite correct that the people in the developing world, in the arid and semi-arid regions where some of the poorest of the poor live, carry a very high burden of the

Environment committee  Thank you very much for your question. It all depends on where you are in Canada. If you take the South Saskatchewan River basin, it is as high as 70% and there is water stress in that basin. The same happens for some of the basins in southern Alberta, such as the Oldman River,

Environment committee  Absolutely. Irrigation is essential, especially in these water-stressed areas, to be able to provide the additional water to meet crop water demands, to maintain stability of yields and to ensure that farmers can get the same yields, whether it be in the dry seasons, the wet year

Environment committee  Thank you. Irrigation alone would not be able to sequester enough carbon in the soil. We have to do other things like reduce tillage and do crop rotations. We have to do more leguminous cropping in our soil practices and cropping practices to store more carbon in the soil. As

Environment committee  Thank you very much for that question, member. Your question is a very serious question. It certainly deserves a proper response because of its heightened interest today around the concerns of water. There are several gaps in water research in the country. We have a handful of

Environment committee  I'm certainly good with your statement. There's much more that we can do in water conservation. There are new technologies to conserve water, like automated water delivery systems to fields, and they can be expanded on.

Environment committee  Thank you very much for your question, member. I'll be happy to elaborate. Canada's brand with respect to food and food production is well known around the world. We have several assets that we build on and that comprise our strength in our deliberations globally. First of all,

Environment committee  The number one threat to that security is drought and how we drought-proof and protect our crops to enable our yields to be stable during both wet and dry periods.

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before you. Thank you also for underscoring the significant role that water and agriculture can play in shaping Canada's foreign policy. My name is Chandra Madramootoo. I am a disting