Water for food, water for life: a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture: summary. In Arabic

Water management / Irrigation management / Policy / Water scarcity / Poverty / Water rights / Ecosystems / Rainfed farming

Water security for food security: findings of the Comprehensive Assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa. [This report draws directly from the book Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture].

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Will there be enough water to grow enough food?

Global food production has outpaced population growth since 1960, but meeting growing demand for food and water in the future will be challenging. There is an intimate link between food and water, said David Molden, deputy director general for research at the International Water Management Institute and an internationally known expert on water management. In his public lecture, Will there be Enough Water to Grow Enough Food? Aug. 27 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Molden said the answer to this critical question is no, unless we change the way we think and act on water issues. PDF output of the slideshow follows

Will there be enough water to grow enough food?

Global food production has outpaced population growth since 1960, but meeting growing demand for food and water in the future will be challenging. There is an intimate link between food and water, said David Molden, deputy director general for research at the International Water Management Institute and an internationally known expert on water management. In his public lecture, Will there be Enough Water to Grow Enough Food? Aug. 27 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Molden said the answer to this critical question is no, unless we change the way we think and act on water issues. PDF output of the slideshow follows

Water for food, water for life: a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture: summary

Water management / Irrigation management / Policy / Water scarcity / Poverty / Water rights / Ecosystems / Rainfed farming

The global groundwater situation: overview of opportunities and challenges

Groundwater offers us few but precious opportunities for alleviating the misery of the poor; but it poses manyԡnd dauntingԣhallenges of preserving the resource itself. A big part of the answer is massive initiatives to augment groundwater recharge in regions suffering depletion; but, in the ultimate analysis, these cannot work without appropriate demand-side interventions. The water vision of a world that future generations will inherit will have to be the one in which groundwater plays its full developmental, productive and environmental role but in a sustainable manner; and the framework of action to realize this vision will mean eschewing the current free-for-all in groundwater appropriation and use, and promoting a more responsible management of this precious resource that is easy to deplete or ruinԴhrough depletion, salinization and pollutionGroundwater resources, Groundwater depletion, Water scarcity, Water shortage, Poverty, Rural development, River basins, Sustainability, Waterlogging, Salinity, Aquifers, Water pollution, Pumps, Recharge, Water harvesting, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Environmental Economics and Policy, Food Security and Poverty,

Farmer-based financing of operations in the Niger Valley irrigation schemes.

Irrigation management / Water balance / River basins / Basin irrigation / Water use efficiency / Water supply / Water requirements / Domestic water / Water scarcity / Water demand / Water shortage / Irrigated farming / Productivity / Food security / Recycling / Rice

Irrigation and drainage performance assessment: practical guidelines

Irrigation management / Drainage / Performance evaluation / Performance indexes / Evapotranspiration / Precipitation / Water balance / Participatory rural appraisal / Databases / Simulation

Policies drain the North China Plain: Agricultural policy and groundwater depletion in Luancheng County, 1949-2000

Agricultural production / Groundwater / Aquifers / Water shortage / Irigation efficiency / Agricultural policy / Crop production / Wastewaters / Water management / Hydrology / Economic development / Crop yield / Cotton / Wheat / Sprinkler irrigation / Water conservation / Water use efficiency / Pumping / Water balance / Vegetables / Rural economy / Irrigated framing

Does international cereal trade save water?: the impact of virtual water trade on global water use

Cereals / Trade policy / Water use / Irrigation water / Productivity / Evapotranspiration / Water scarcity / Water conservation