Synthesis- The Comprehensive Assessment on Water Management in Agriculture

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

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