Water for Food, Water for Life

A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture

Buch | Hardcover

688 Seiten

2007
Earthscan Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84407-397-9 (ISBN)

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Offering an assessment of the world's water, this book critically evaluates the thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture, charting the way forward with concrete actions from management to policy level across all countries and territories. It also gives an examination of trends and scenarios in world water management.

This comprehensive assessment of the world's water, written by experts with research from over 700 leading specialists, critically evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture, charting the way forward with concrete actions from management to policy level across all countries and territories. After framing the main issues and providing a comprehensive examination of trends and scenarios in world water management, the book critically examines the cross-cutting issues of reducing poverty, reforming institutions for sustainable water management, avoiding or mitigating ecosystem impacts, and improving water productivity. Thematic chapters follow, covering such key issues in water management as irrigation, groundwater use, inland fisheries, rice cultivation, land conservation, and river basin management and development.

David Molden is Principal Researcher of the Irrigation and Water Resources Program, and now Coordinator of the Comprehensive Assessment for Water Management in Agriculture, for the International Water Management Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has over 25 years' experience in water resource management. Published with IWMI

Part I: Setting the Scene; * Introduction; * Conceptual Framework; * Part II: Trends and Scenarios; * Benefits, Costs and Challenges of Managing Water for Agriculture; * Investment Options for the Future; * Part III: Integrating Issues; * Water for Food to Fight Poverty; * Policy and Institutional Reform Processes for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management; * Agriculture, Water and Ecosystems; * Pathways to Improving Water Productivity; * Part IV: Thematic Chapters; * Managing Water in Rainfed Agriculture; * Reinventing Irrigation; * Groundwater Use in Agriculture: A Global Assessment of Scale and Significance for Food, Livelihoods and Nature; * Agricultural Use of Marginal-quality Water Resources Presents Opportunities and Challenges; * Inland Fisheries, Aquaculture and Water Productivity; * Integrating Water and Livestock Development; * Rice: Feeding the Billions While Providing Unique Ecosystem Services; * Conserving Land - Protecting Water; * River Basin Development and Management; * References, Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2007
Zusatzinfo	Full colour, photographs, maps, figures, tables
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	176 x 240 mm
Gewicht	1782 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-84407-397-1 / 1844073971
ISBN-13	978-1-84407-397-9 / 9781844073979
Zustand	Neuware