Shaping the future of water for agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : a sourcebook for investment in agricultural water management

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, Agriculture and Rural Development, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.913091724
• Soggetto topico: Agricultural industries - Foreign ownership; Irrigation water - Economic aspects; Irrigation water - Management; Irrigation - Economic aspects; Water in agriculture - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Water-supply, Agricultural - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Water-supply, Agricultural - Developing countries - Management
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview; Chapter 1: Building Policies and Incentives; Chapter 2: Designing Institutional Reforms; Chapter 3: Investing in the Improvement and Modernization of Irrigation Systems; Chapter 4: Investing in Groundwater Irrigation; Chapter 5: Investing in Drainage and Water Quality Management; Chapter 6: Investing in Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture; Chapter 7: Investing in Agricultural Water Management in Multipurpose Operations; Chapter 8: Coping with Extreme Climatic Conditions ; Chapter 9: Assessing the Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Water InvestmentsIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Agricultural water management is a vital practice in ensuring reduction, and environmental protection. After decades of successfully expanding irrigation and improving productivity, farmers and managers face an emerging crisis in the form of poorly performing irrigation schemes, slow modernization, declining investment, constrained water availability, and environmental degradation. More and better investments in agricultural water are needed. In response, the World Bank, in conjunction with many partner agencies, has compiled a selection of good experiences that can guide practitioners in the
• Titolo autorizzato: Shaping the future of water for agriculture
• ISBN: 1-280-16754-8; 9786610167548; 0-8213-6164-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450646903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II