Policy action 2 Fight poverty by improving access to agricultural water and its use

Insecure access to reliable, safe, and affordable water keeps hundreds of millions of people from escaping poverty. Most of them rely directly on agriculture for their food and income. Unless bold action is taken, many more smallholder farmers, fishers, herders, and people dependent on wetlands will fall into poverty as rivers dry up, groundwater declines, and water rights are lost.