Unlocking the water potential of agriculture.
All statistical evidence confirms that agriculture is the key sector for water management, now and in the next decades. Nevertheless, the rural water development sector fails at present to get priority, compared to other competing sectors. Strong and new arguments are needed to bring rural water bac...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Water for sustainable food production, poverty alleviation and rural development
- Why agricultural water productivity is important for the global water challenge
- Risk management in agricultural water use
- Alleviating the environmental impact of agricultural water development
- Modernizing irrigation water management
- Conclusions and actions.