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The book
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. 

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

FAO-BiotechNews - Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture

New CA publication series

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)

Lundqvist, Jan, Charlotte de Fraiture and David Molden, 'From Field to Fork - Wastage of Water in the Food Chain', Stockholm Water Front, No 3, October 2007.

Water Enough to Eat? CGIAR News, October 2007.

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

• Comments on Water Scarcity - The Food Factor, by Margaret Carley-Carlson and M. S. Swaminathan.

Runner-up paper for 2006 - Bright spots paper published in ES&T read more

Maps

In response to a large number of requests for the reproduction of original figures from Comprehensive Assessment study on global environmental water assessment (Research Report N. 2 -Smakhtin et al, 2004), the maps are now available for download in two formats.  Click here to go to the page.

CA publications

A new CA publication series - The water for food, water for life briefs- Introduction, issue 1 to 11. The "Water for Food, Water for Life Briefs" serie is a new CA publication. Each brief aim to clarify current debates around water management in agriculture in a descriptive way. They are based on latest findings of the assessment, and scientific knowledge. They are aimed to a non specialised audience. read the briefs.

• CA in Brief, Influencing What Happens Next, 07/06. A brief overview of the CA, the process used to do the Assessment and the next steps.
• Issue Brief 1 "Reaping what we Sow: Acting now to reduce the negative environmental consequences of agriculture", 07/06. It brings out key findings from the Chapter 7 "Agriculture, water and ecosystems: avoiding the costs of going too far" prepared by Malin Falkenmark, Max Finlayson, Line Gordon and co-authors.
• Issue Brief 2 "A little water can go a long way: Reducing rural poverty through better management of rainwater", 08/ 06. It brings out the key findings of the Chapter 9 "Managing water in rainfed agriculture" prepared by Johan Rockstrom, Suhas Wani, Theib Oweis, Nuhu Hatibu and co-authors.
• Issue Brief 3 "Making a difference in water management: A minimum agenda on gender mainstreaming for researchers, practitioners and gender experts", 08/06. It presents the results of a joint project of CA/GWA/Both ends.
• Issue Brief 4 "Opening up options in closing river basins". It presents key findings from the chapter on "River basin development and management" written by Francois Molle, Flip Wester, Phil Hirsh and co-authors.
• Issue Brief 5 "Rice cultivation in the 21st century: How to feed more people, reduce poverty, and protect ecosystem services" is based on the Rice chapter by B.A.M. Bouman, R. Barker, E. Humphreys, T.P. Tuang and others.
• Issue Brief 6 "Investing in irrigation: Why, how, and how much?", based on the Irrigation chapter by Jean-Marc Faures, Mark Svendsen, Hugh Turral and others.
• Issue Brief 7 "Reforming reform: Effective approaches to improving policies and institutions" based on the chapter on Policies and Institutions, the Irrigation chapter and the Basins chapter.
• Issue Brief 8 " Integrating livestock and water management to maximize benefits"
• Issue Brief 9 "Sustaining inland fisheries: Synergies and tradeoffs with water for agriculture"
• Issue Brief 10 "Managing water by managing land: Why addressing land degradation is necessary to improve water productivity and rural livelihoods"
• Issue Brief 11 " Health Risks and Opportunities in Agricultural Water Planning and Management"

Book: '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. Order from CABI Publishing.

Book: ' River Basin Trajectories : Societies, Environments and Development', CABI, 2009. Editors: F Molle, P Wester, CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2009, Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 8, CABI publisher, ISBN: 9781845935382. Order from CABI Publishing.

Book: 'Rainfed Agriculture Unlocking the Potential', CABI, 2009. Editors: S Wani, J Röckstorm, and T Oweis, CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2009, Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 7, CABI publisher, ISBN:9781845933890. Order from CABI Publishing.

Book: 'Conserving Land, Protecting Water', CABI, 2008. Editors: D Bossio, and K Geheb, CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2008, Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 6, CABI publisher, ISBN: 9781845933876. Order from CABI Publishing.

Book: '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: 978 1 84593 326 5. Order from CABI Publishing.

Book: 'Irrigation Water Pricing The Gap Between Theory and Practice', CABI, 2007. Editors: F Molle and J Berkoff, CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2007, Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 4, CABI publisher, ISBN: 978 1 84593 292 3. Order from CABI Publishing.

Book: 'The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution: Opportunities and Threats to Development', CABI, 2007. Editors: M Giordano and KG Vilholth, CABI Publication, Wallingford UK and Cambridge MA USA, 2007, Series Editor: David Molden, Volume 3, CABI publisher, ISBN: 978 1 84593 172 8. 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

CA Research Report No. 19, 2007. Adoption and impacts of zero tillage as a resource conserving technology in the irrigated plains of South Asia. Erenstein, O., U. Farooq, R. K. Malik, M. Sharif. (PDF  659KB)

CA Research Report No. 18, 2007. Irrigated Agriculture, Water Pricing and Water Savings in the Lower Jordan River Basin (in Jordan). Jean-Philippe Venot, François Molle and Yousef Hassan (PDF  475KB)

CA Research Report No. 17, 2007. Water Requirements of Floodplain Rivers and Fisheries: Existing Decision Support Tools and Pathways for Development. Arthington, A. H., E. Baran, C. A. Brown, P. Dugan, A. S. Halls, J. M. King, C. V. Minte-Vera, R. E. Tharme and R. L. Welcomme. (PDF  846KB)

CA Discussion Paper 5 : 'Productivity of water in agriculture: Farmers’ perceptions and practices', 2007, H.F. Mahoo, Z.J. Mkoga, S.S. Kasele, H.E. Igbadun, N. Hatibu, K.P.C. Rao, B. Lankaford (PDF 449 KB)

CA Discussion Paper 4 : 'Groundwater pollution and emerging environmental challenges of industrial effluent irrigation in Mettupalayam Taluk, Tamil Nadu', 2007, S. Mukherjee, P. Nelliyat (PDF 613 KB)

Water Figures, May 2006 Issue 2. This issue of Water Figures (IWMI newsletter) devotes much space to the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (CA) and the imminent launch of its findings after five years of intensive research and consultation. Download PDF(1.1 MB)

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).