Islamabad [ Pak istan], November 6 (ANI): Pak istan is among six countries with the highest levels of inefficient agricultural water use amid worsening arid conditions, contributing to the annual global loss of 324 billion cubic metres of freshwater, according to the first edition of the global water monitoring report by the World Bank , Dawn reported.

The report, titled "Continental Drying: A Threat to Our Common Future," states that about one-quarter of inefficient water consumption in rain-fed agriculture and one-third in irrigated agriculture is concentrated in regions experiencing declining freshwater availability, Dawn added.

These hot spots, where water inefficiency coincides with drying trends, are most pronounced in Western Asia, Eastern Europe, and North Africa. On a

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