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Water for Food, Water for Life:  A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management is available

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Contents of the book is shown below : 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 • Re-inventing 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

The suggested citation for the book is:

Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture.  2007.  Water for Food, Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture.  London: Earthscan, and Colombo: International Water Management Institute. 

Chapter names, authors etc. could be obtained from the attached

CA water for Food, Water for Life Briefs

The "Water for Food, Water for Life" briefs form a new CA publication series. Each brief aims to clarify current debates around water management in agriculture in a descriptive way. They are based on the latest findings of the Assessment, and scientific knowledge. They are targeted at both experts and non-experts. Read the briefs.

CA Book Review

A review (in French) of the CA Book in Natures Sciences Sociétés by François Molle - Read Review

Review by Eric Viala of the CA Book in the online edition of Irrigation and Drainage Systems - Read Review

A review of the CA Book – Water for Food, Water for Life  - from Dr. Paul Ganderton, the Teaching Ecology Group's Book Review Editor - Read Review

Errata

Events

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Recent Publications

Tropical Deltas and Coastal Zones : Food Production, Communities and Environment at the Land-water interface, 2010. Editors: C T Hoanh, B Szuster, K S Pheng, A Ismail, A Noble. CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2010. Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 9, CABI publisher, ISBN: 9781845936181. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 9)

Assessment of Supplemental Irrigation and Water Harvesting potential – Methodologies and Case Studies from Tunisia. Ben, Mechlia N, Oweis T, Masmoudi M, Khatteli H, Ouessar M, Sghaier N, Anane M and Sghaier M. 2009. ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria. Iv, 36p.

Potentially Obtainable Yields in the Semi-Arid Tropics. Fischer G, H van Velthuizen, E Hizsnyik and D Wiberg. 2009. Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report no. 54

River Basin Trajectories : Societies, Environments and Development' Editors: F Molle, P Wester, 2009. Wallingford UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 311p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 8)

Rainfed agriculture: unlocking the potential' Editors: S P Wani, J Rockstrom, T Oweis. 2009. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 310p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 7)

'Conserving land, protecting water' Editors: Deborah Bossio, Kim Geheb. 2008. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water & Food. 235p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 6)

Issue Brief 12 "Developing and Managing River Basins : The need for adaptive, multilevel, collaborative institutional arrangements". (PDF 142 KB)

CA Discussion Paper 6: 'China’s Water Pricing Reforms for Irrigation: Effectiveness and Impact', 2008, Yongsong Liao, Gao Zhanyi, Bao Ziyun, Huang Qingwen, Feng Guangzhi, Xu Di, Cai Jiabin, Han Huijing, Wu Weifeng (PDF 947KB)

'Community-Based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries' Editors: B van Koppen, M Giordano,  and J Butterworth, CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2007, Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 5, CABI publisher, ISBN: 1 84593 326 5. Order from CABI Publishing.

'Irrigation Water Pricing The Gap Between Theory and Practice' Editors: F Molle and J Berkoff, CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2007, Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 4, CABI publisher, ISBN: 1 84593 292 3. Order from CABI Publishing.

Yield Gap Analysis of Sorghum and Pearl Millet in India using Simulation Modeling, Murty MVR, Piara Singh, SP Wani, IS Khairwal, K Srinivas. 2007. Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report No.37

Issue Brief 11 "Health Risks and Opportunities in Agricultural Water Planning and Management". (PDF 660 KB)

Molden, David, Charlotte De Fraiture, Frank Rijsberman. Water Scarcity - The Food Factor. Issues in Science and Technology, 2007 Summer, 39-48.

'The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution: Opportunities and Threats to Development' Editors: M Giordano and KG Vilholth, CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2007, Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 3, CABI publisher, ISBN: 1 84593 172 8. Order from CABI Publishing.

CA publications can be downloaded from Publications, including the CA research reports 1-16,  CA publications in partners' series, and the book, Water Productivity in Agriculture: Limits and Opportunities for Improvement (HTML Book Outline and Chapters).