November 11, 2010
"Brabeck-Letmathe warned that the water crisis is intricately linked to the availability of food. When water is in shorter supply, fewer crops are produced and food prices jump, he said. A threefold increase in the price of food for those who spend between 50 and 80 percent of their disposable income on it, he cautioned, would mean “a real disaster."

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Quote found online at the Harvard Gazette article “The looming water shortage”.  The author was reporting on a lecture recently given by Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).  The lecture was titled “Global Water & Food Security: A New Role for the Private Sector.”

Picture by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer. Caption under original photo People were saying, If we dont do anything now, in 100 years the world will not exist, said Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe of his initial exposure to rising fears about global water consumption and impending shortages. The more I looked into the water issue, I came to the conclusion that you dont have to wait 100 years.

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