Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture : A Sourcebook for Investment in Agricultural Water Management

Agricultural water management is a vital practice in ensuring 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 this publication 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 rain-fed agriculture; investing in agricultural water management in multipurpose operations; coping with extreme climatic conditions; and assessing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of agricultural water investments.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2005
Subjects:	ADEQUATE SUPPLY, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL WATER, AGRICULTURAL WATER POLICY, AGRICULTURAL WATER USE, AGRICULTURE WATER, AQUACULTURE, AQUIFER DEPLETION, AVAILABLE WATER, BASIN MANAGEMENT, BASIN WATER, BASINS, BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITION FOR WATER, CONJUNCTIVE USE, CONJUNCTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATER, CONSUMERS, COST OF WATER, COST RECOVERY, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, CUBIC METER, DEMAND FOR WATER, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DROUGHT, DRYLANDS, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, ECONOMICS, EFFICIENT WATER USE, EFFLUENT DISCHARGE, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EQUILIBRIUM, EVAPORATION, EXTERNALITIES, FARMS, FLOOD CONTROL, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER DEPLETION, GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT, GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HECTARE, INCOME, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INDUSTRIAL USES, INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT, INVESTMENT COSTS, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION INVESTMENT, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, IRRIGATION PROJECT, IRRIGATION SERVICES, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, LAND DRAINAGE, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND RECLAMATION, LAND RESOURCES, MINISTRY OF WATER, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITY COST OF WATER, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, POLICY DECISIONS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLLUTION, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PRODUCTIVITY, QUOTAS, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RATES, RECYCLED WATER, RECYCLING, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESOURCE USE, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SCARCE WATER, SCARCE WATER RESOURCES, SECTORAL POLICIES, SERVICE PROVIDER, SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION, SOIL CONSERVATION, SOIL FERTILITY, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, SUPPLY OF WATER, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS, TOWNS, TRADEOFFS, WASTEWATER, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATIONS, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER CONTROL, WATER DELIVERY, WATER INVESTMENTS, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES, WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, WATER MARKETS, WATER PARTNERSHIP, WATER POLICY, WATER PRICING, WATER PROJECTS, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICE DELIVERY, WATER SOURCES, WATER STRATEGY, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER TABLES, WATER TRADE, WATER USE EFFICIENCY, WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE, WATER USER, WATER USER ASSOCIATION, WATER USERS, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHEDS, WUA,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6425203/shaping-future-water-agriculture-sourcebook-investment-agricultural-water-management-vol-1-2-main-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7298
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