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Competition or Cooperation? A New Era for Agricultural Water Management

Reliable supplies of water for agriculture have helped meet rapidly rising demand for food in developing countries, making farms more profitable, reducing poverty, and helping vast regions of the world develop more dynamic and diversified economies...

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Main Authors: Ward, Christopher, Darghouth, Salah, Minasyan, Gayane, Gambarelli, Gretel
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL WATER
BASIN MANAGEMENT
BASINS
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
CONJUNCTIVE USE
COST SHARING
CROP PRODUCTION
DAMS
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
DRAINAGE
ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
FARMS
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL USES
INTERNATIONAL WATER
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND CONSERVATION
LAND RESOURCES
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTION
PRODUCTIVITY
RECYCLED WATER
RESOURCE USE
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
SMALL DAMS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TUBE WELLS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER FLOWS
WATER HARVESTING
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER PRICING
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICE DELIVERY
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER USER
WATER USERS
WATER WITHDRAWALS
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WETLANDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388508/competition-or-cooperation-new-era-agricultural-water-management
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11728
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Summary:Reliable supplies of water for agriculture have helped meet rapidly rising demand for food in developing countries, making farms more profitable, reducing poverty, and helping vast regions of the world develop more dynamic and diversified economies. Can these successes be sustained with demand for food rising and water resources waning? That is the challenge now facing policy makers, planners, and practitioners in agricultural water management (AWM), as well as their allies in the World Bank and other development organizations.

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