Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions

How 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....

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS AQUIFER BROAD RANGE CAPACITY BUILDING CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION FOR WATER COST RECOVERY COST SHARING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DRAINAGE DROUGHT DRYLANDS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES EFFICIENT WATER USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION INCOME INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MARGINAL AREAS PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES POLICY DECISIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION PRODUCTIVITY RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RECYCLING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE USE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SCARCE WATER SERVICE PROVIDER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TRADEOFFS TRANSACTION COSTS WATER INVESTMENTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE DELIVERY WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WATERSHED
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388110/securing-water-agriculture-guide-investment-decisions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11725

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spelling	okr-10986-117252021-04-23T14:02:57Z Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions World Bank AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS AQUIFER BROAD RANGE CAPACITY BUILDING CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION FOR WATER COST RECOVERY COST SHARING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DRAINAGE DROUGHT DRYLANDS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES EFFICIENT WATER USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION INCOME INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MARGINAL AREAS PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES POLICY DECISIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION PRODUCTIVITY RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RECYCLING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE USE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SCARCE WATER SERVICE PROVIDER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TRADEOFFS TRANSACTION COSTS WATER INVESTMENTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE DELIVERY WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WATERSHED How 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. 2012-08-13T15:50:47Z 2012-08-13T15:50:47Z 2009-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388110/securing-water-agriculture-guide-investment-decisions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11725 English Water P-Notes; No. 33 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS AQUIFER BROAD RANGE CAPACITY BUILDING CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION FOR WATER COST RECOVERY COST SHARING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DRAINAGE DROUGHT DRYLANDS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES EFFICIENT WATER USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION INCOME INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MARGINAL AREAS PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES POLICY DECISIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION PRODUCTIVITY RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RECYCLING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE USE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SCARCE WATER SERVICE PROVIDER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TRADEOFFS TRANSACTION COSTS WATER INVESTMENTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE DELIVERY WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WATERSHED
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS AQUIFER BROAD RANGE CAPACITY BUILDING CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION FOR WATER COST RECOVERY COST SHARING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DRAINAGE DROUGHT DRYLANDS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES EFFICIENT WATER USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION INCOME INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MARGINAL AREAS PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES POLICY DECISIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION PRODUCTIVITY RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RECYCLING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE USE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SCARCE WATER SERVICE PROVIDER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TRADEOFFS TRANSACTION COSTS WATER INVESTMENTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE DELIVERY WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WATERSHED World Bank Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions
relation	Water P-Notes; No. 33
description	How 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.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	World Bank
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title	Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions
title_short	Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions
title_full	Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions
title_fullStr	Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions
title_full_unstemmed	Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions
title_sort	securing water for agriculture : a guide to investment decisions
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388110/securing-water-agriculture-guide-investment-decisions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11725
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Securing Water for Agriculture : A Guide to Investment Decisions

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