this section succinctly reviews two increasingly observed pathways from agriculture water risks to broader international consequences first longterm water risks threatening local food security is manifested by foreign land purchases by relatively poorly water endowed but well capital endowed countries second countries with a large agriculturally dependent population can be subject to social unrest and important migratory movements of population with regional continental or global implications these effects do not concern all three hotspot regions but they apply to multiple other agricultural regions that are increasingly subject to water risks