Overcoming water challenges in agriculture

Intensifying water constraints threaten food security and nutrition. Thus, urgent action is needed to make water use in agriculture more sustainable and equitable. Irrigated agriculture remains by far the largest user of freshwater, but scarcity of freshwater is a growing problem owing to increasing demand and competition for freshwater resources. At the same time, rainfed agriculture is facing increasing precipitation variability driven by climate change. These trends will exacerbate disputes among water users and inequality in access to water, especially for small-scale farmers, the rural poor and other vulnerable populations.
Chapter 1. Setting the scene : people, water and agriculture -- Chapter 2. Status of water shortages and scarcity in agriculture -- Chapter 3. Agricultural responses to water constraints -- Chapter 4. Improved governance for managing water in agriculture -- Chapter 5. A comprehensive picture of agriculture and water : policies and priorities.

xxvii, 178 p. : ill., graphs, maps, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-178).

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