The Implications of Ending Groundwater Overdraft for Global Food Security

"The Implications of Ending Groundwater Overdraft for Global Food Security" Nature Sustainability (2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01376-w

"Study emphasizes trade-offs between arresting groundwater depletion and food security" (2024) by International Food Policy Research Institute https://phys.org/news/2024-06-emphasizes-offs-groundwater-de... :

> [...] a transdisciplinary approach combining regulatory, financial, technological, and awareness measures across water and food systems is essential to achieve sustainable groundwater management while preventing increased food insecurity.

Overdrafting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdrafting :

> Overdrafting is the process of extracting groundwater beyond the equilibrium yield of an aquifer. Groundwater is one of the largest sources of fresh water and is found underground. The primary cause of groundwater depletion is the excessive pumping of groundwater up from underground aquifers. Insufficient recharge can lead to depletion, reducing the usefulness of the aquifer for humans. Depletion can also have impacts on the environment around the aquifer, such as soil compression and land subsidence, local climatic change, soil chemistry changes, and other deterioration of the local environment.