The agriculture sector accounted for approximately **** percent of global water withdrawals as of 2021. Water withdrawals from this sector are mostly for irrigation purposes, as well as livestock and aquaculture. Asia accounts for more than three-quarters of the world's agricultural water withdrawals.
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