Water Contamination from Pesticides
Overview of water contamination risks from Agriculture across Canada. Includes some maps of projected risk
Overview of water contamination risks from Agriculture across Canada. Includes some maps of projected risk
Begins with an outline of the effect of drought and floods on food production in Canada, highlighting some historical examples. Then expands to discuss the effect of global climate (and political) impacts on Canadian food security.
The original report is inaccessible on the BC gov website, so the link is to a Wayback Machine archive of the report. The report itself discusses the climate impacts on Indigenous food security.
A comparison of agricultural water use in Canada to other agricultural nations. The most relevant metric is dollars of value added per cubic meter irrigated, in which Canada does rather poorly. This indicates the water is not used very effectively to produce more food.