Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture
Subtitle: A Sourcebook for Investment in Agricultural Water Management
Publisher: Agriculture and Rural Development
Published: January 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780821361641
Subjects: Development - Sustainable Development; Business / Economics / Finance
First sentence: There are heavy demands on agricultural water to provide more food to consumers and inputs to industry, create incomes and wealth in rural areas, reduce poverty among rural people, and contribute to the sustainability of natural resources and the environment.
Description: "Agricultural water management is a vital practice in ensuring food security, poverty reduction, and environmental protection. After decades of successfully expanding irrigation and improving productivity, farmers and managers face an emerging crisis in the form of poorly performing irrigation schemes, slow modernization, declining investment, constrained water availability, and environmental degradation." "More and better investments in agricultural water are needed. In response, the World Bank, in conjunction with many partner agencies, has compiled a selection of good experiences that can guide practitioners in the design of quality investments in agricultural water." "The messages of Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture: A Sourcebook for Investment in Agricultural Water Management center around the key challenges to agricultural water management, specifically: Building policies and incentives, Designing institutional reforms, Investing in irrigation systems improvement and modernization, Investing in groundwater irrigation, Investing in drainage and water quality management, Investing in water management in rainfed agriculture, Investing in agricultural water management in multipurpose operations, Coping with extreme climatic conditions, Assessing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of agricultural water investments The Sourcebook for Investment in Agricultural Water Management is an important resource for those interested and engaged in development with a focus on agricultural water. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.