Nestlé highlights global water shortfall at World Economic Forum January 26, 2012
Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe warns water shortage will intensify competition for access to water. Mr Brabeck-Letmathe warned that the water shortfall over the next two decades will reduce global cereal production by a third and could trigger social unrest. The water shortage would intensify competition between countries for access to water, he said.