| Description |
xvii, 645 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture |
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Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series.
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| Contents |
Summary for Decisionmakers -- 1. Setting the Scene -- 2. Trends in Water and Agricultural Development -- 3. Looking Ahead to 2050: Scenarios of Alternative Investment Approaches -- 4. Reversing the Flow: Agricultural Water Management Pathways for Poverty Reduction -- 5. Policy and Institutional Reform: the Art of the Possible -- 6. Agriculture, Water, and Ecosystems: Avoiding the Costs of Going Too Far -- 7. Pathways for Increasing Agricultural Water Productivity -- 8. Managing Water in Rainfed Agriculture -- 9. Reinventing Irrigation -- 10. Groundwater: A Global Assessment of Scale and Significance -- 11. Agricultural Use of Marginal-Quality Water-Opportunities and Challenges -- 12. Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture -- 13. Water and Livestock for Human Development -- 14. Rice: Feeding the Billions -- 15. Conserving Land-Protecting Water -- 16. River Basin Development and Management |
| Summary |
"Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times - fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse ecosystem degradation. This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensure more equitable and effective use. This assessment describes key water-food-environment trends that in uence our lives today and uses scenarios to explore the consequences of a range of potential investments. It aims to inform investors and policymakers about water and food choices in light of such crucial in uences as poverty, ecosystems, governance, and productivity. It covers rainfed agriculture, irrigation, groundwater, marginal-quality water, sheries, livestock, rice, land, and river basins. Ample tables, graphs, and references make this an invaluable work for practitioners, academics, researchers, and policymakers in water management, agriculture, conservation, and development." -- Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Water in agriculture.
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Water-supply, Agricultural.
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| Author |
Molden, D. (David)
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International Water Management Institute.
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| ISBN |
9781844073979 cased |
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1844073971 cased |
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9781844073962 paperback |
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1844073963 paperback |
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