Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions

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dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2012-08-13T15:50:47Z
dc.date2012-08-13T15:50:47Z
dc.date2009-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:35:51Z
dc.descriptionHow can the world grow more food, increase incomes, reduce poverty, and protect the environment with growing numbers of mouths to feed and increasingly constrained resources? A big part of the answer lies in better management of agricultural water. Agricultural water management (AWM) encompasses irrigation on both a large and small scale, drainage of irrigated and rain fed areas, watershed restoration, recycling of water, rainwater harvesting, and better in-field water management practices. There is considerable scope for improving returns on water from agricultural use. The key economic challenge is to set up an incentive framework that encourages efficient water use and profitable high value agriculture. Evidence indicates that such a framework improves efficiency and accountability, raises productivity, and promotes sustainable and environmentally responsible resource use. At the same time, irrigation schemes pose a financial challenge: to recover costs at a rate sufficient to finance services to farmers. The broad challenge is to encourage both large- and small-scale private investment.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388110/securing-water-agriculture-guide-investment-decisions
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/11725
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/11725
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/406973
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.relationWater P-Notes; No. 33
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WATER
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WATER USE
dc.subjectALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectAQUIFER
dc.subjectBROAD RANGE
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPETITION FOR WATER
dc.subjectCOST RECOVERY
dc.subjectCOST SHARING
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR WATER
dc.subjectDEMAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectDRAINAGE
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectDRYLANDS
dc.subjectECONOMIC INCENTIVES
dc.subjectEFFICIENT WATER USE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectFINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER DEPLETION
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER IRRIGATION
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINVESTMENT COSTS
dc.subjectINVESTMENT DECISIONS
dc.subjectIRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectIRRIGATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectMARGINAL AREAS
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY APPROACHES
dc.subjectPOLICY DECISIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectRAINWATER
dc.subjectRAINWATER HARVESTING
dc.subjectRECYCLING
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRESOURCE USE
dc.subjectRESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSCARCE WATER
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVIDER
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE WATER
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTRADEOFFS
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectWATER INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER SECTOR
dc.subjectWATER SERVICE
dc.subjectWATER SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectWATER SOURCES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.subjectWATERSHED
dc.titleSecuring Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions

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