Abstract
The volume of renewable water resources and specific water availability in countries of Asia is shown. It has been found that at present more than 1.7 billion people live in the conditions of water stress and scarcity. Volumes of fresh water withdrawal for various purposes in Asian countries for 1980–2010 and predominant role of agrarian sector have been shown. Some measures aimed at the water availability for agriculture have been presented. Forecasts of increase of the global demand for grain and cattle-breeding products by 2050 is given and it has been found that Asia will play the leading role in global agriculture trends formation. It has been shown that Russia could become one of the leaders on the market of water-consuming agricultural products as it possesses enormous reserves for grain production increase. Problems with pure drinking water supply in Asian countries have caused drastic increase of bottled water consumption. Bottled water markets in Asian countries are the most rapidly growing in the world. Possibilities of Russia’s cooperation with its Asian neighbors in bottled water supply are shown.
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