Contributors; Series Foreword: Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series; Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture: Editors' Overview; 1 A Water-productivity Framework for Understanding and Action; 2 Economics of Water Productivity in Managing Water for Agriculture; 3 The Concept of Efficiency in Waterresources Management and Policy; 4 Rice Production in Water-scarce Environments; 5 Managing Saline and Alkaline Water for Higher Productivity; 6 Water Productivity under Saline Conditions
Summary
Focusing on both irrigated and rain-fed agriculture, this book gives a review of the limits and opportunities for improving water productivity in crop production. It demonstrates how efficiency of water use can be enhanced to maximize yields
