Water and Agriculture
Subtitle: Sustainablity, Markets and Policies
Publisher: Organization for Economic
Published: October 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9789264022560
Subjects: Government & Business; Industries - Agribusiness; Water Supply; Business & Economics; Business/Economics
Description: Agriculture is a major user of water and is responsible for much of its pollution. But the agricultural sector faces increasing competition for scarce water supplies from urban and industrial users and, increasingly, to sustain ecosystems.  This conference proceedings explores how both governments and the private sector can expand the role of markets to allocate water used by all sectors and to get agricultural producers to account for the pollution that their sector generates.