Water Productivity in Agriculture ：Limits and Opportunities for Improvement ( Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series. 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Limits and Opportunities for Improvement

Publication series ：Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series. 1

Author： Kijne   J.W.;Barker   R.;Molden   D.J.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2003

E-ISBN: 9781845933395

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780851996691

Subject： S27 irrigation and water conservancy

Keyword： Soil Science Sedimentology Limnology (Freshwater) Fertilizers and Manures Technology Agriculture Soil Science

Language： ENG

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First title in a major new seriesAddresses improving water productivity to relieve problems of scarcity and competition to provide for food and environmental securityDraws from scientists having a multitude of disciplines to approach this important problemIn a large number of developing countries, policy makers and researchers are increasingly aware of the conflicting demands on water, and look at agriculture to be more effective in its use of water. Focusing on both irrigated and rain-fed agriculture, this book gives a state of the art review of the limits and opportunities for improving water productivity in crop production. It demonstrates how efficiency of water use can be enhanced to maximize yields. The book represents the first in a new series of volumes resulting from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, a research program conducted by the CGIAR's Future Harvest Centres, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and partners worldwide. It will be of significant interest to those working in areas of soil and crop science, water management, irrigation, and development studies.

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Contents

Contributors

Series Foreword: Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series

Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture: Editors’ Overview

1 A Water-productivity Framework for Understanding and Action

2 Economics of Water Productivity in Managing Water for Agriculture

3 The Concept of Efficiency in Waterresources Management and Policy

4 Rice Production in Water-scarce Environments

5 Managing Saline and Alkaline Water for Higher Productivity

6 Water Productivity under Saline Conditions

7 Opportunities for Increasing Water Productivity of CGIAR Crops through Plant Breeding and Molecular Biology

8 Management of Drought in ICRISAT Cereal and Legume Mandate Crops

9 Water Productivity in Rain-fed Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers in Drought-prone Tropical Agroecosystems*

10 World Water Productivity: Current Situation and Future Options

11 Improving Water Productivity in the Dry Areas of West Asia and North Africa

12 Efficient Management of Rainwater for Increased Crop Productivity and Groundwater Recharge in Asia

13 Water Productivity in Forestry and Agroforestry

14 Water Productivity and Potato Cultivation

15 Rice–Wheat Cropping Systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: Issues of Water Productivity in Relation to New Resourceconserving Technologies

16 Land and Water Productivity of Wheat in the Western Indo-Gangetic Plains of India and Pakistan: a Comparative Analysis

17 Reform of the Thai Irrigation Sector: is there Scope for Increasing Water Productivity?

18 Upscaling Water Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture Using Remote-sensing and GIS Technologies

19 Improving Water Productivity through Deficit Irrigation: Examples from Syria, the North China Plain and Oregon, USA

Appendix A A Note on Transpiration

Appendix B Note on Agronomic Practices for Increasing Crop Water Productivity

Index

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