Water for food water for life : a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture /
edited by David Molden.
- xvii, 645 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Setting the scene -- Trends in water and agricultural development -- Looking ahead to 2050 : scenarios of alternative investment approaches -- Reversing the flow : agricultural water management pathways for poverty reduction -- Policy and institutional reform : the art of the possible -- Agriculture, water, and ecosystems : avoiding the costs of going too far -- Pathways for increasing agricultural water productivity -- Managing water in rainfed agriculture -- Reinventing irrigation -- Groundwater : a global assessment of scale and significance -- Agricultural use of marginal-quality water - opportunities and challenges -- Inland fisheries and aquaculture -- Water and livestock for human development -- Rice : feeding the billions -- Conserving land - protecting water -- River basin development and management. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
"This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensure more equitable and effective use. This assessment describes key water-food-environment trends that influence our lives today and uses scenarios to explore that consequences of a range of potential investments. It aims to inform investors and policymakers about water and food choices in light of such crucial influences as poverty, ecosystems, governance, and productivity."--BOOK JACKET.