Water pollution from agriculture: a global review ...

Water pollution from agriculture: a global reviewExecutive summary FAO & IWMI, 2017I7754EN/1 BYWater pollution from agriculture: a global reviewExecutive summarybyJavier Mateo-Sagasta (IWMI), Sara Marjani Zadeh (FAO) and Hugh Turral with contributions from Jacob Burke (formerly FAO)Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2017 and the International Water Management Institute on behalf of the Water Land and Ecosystems research programColombo, 2017 FAO and IWMI encourage the use, reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product. Except where otherwise indicated, material may be copied, downloaded and printed for private study, research and teaching purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO and IWMI as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO s and IWMI s endorsement of users views, products or services is

from agriculture is the most common chemical contaminant in the world’s groundwater aquifers (WWAP, 2013). In the European Union, 38 percent of water bodies are significantly under pressure from agricultural pollution (WWAP, 2015). In the United States of America, agriculture is the main source of pollution in rivers and streams,

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