Beyond 'More Crop per Drop' : Evolving Thinking on Agricultural Water Productivity

This report aims to provide key highlights from two decades of IWMI research and the broader irrigation literature on agricultural water productivity, with an emphasis on the evolution and application of the concept, highlighting its contributions...

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Main Authors: Giordano, Meredith, Turral, Hugh, Scheierling, Susanne M., Tréguer, David O., McCornick, Peter G.
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Language:English
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Published: Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute, and Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
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spelling okr-10986-263812021-05-26T09:05:19Z Beyond 'More Crop per Drop' : Evolving Thinking on Agricultural Water Productivity Giordano, Meredith Turral, Hugh Scheierling, Susanne M. Tréguer, David O. McCornick, Peter G. IRRIGATION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER PRODUCTIVITY INDICATORS This report aims to provide key highlights from two decades of IWMI research and the broader irrigation literature on agricultural water productivity, with an emphasis on the evolution and application of the concept, highlighting its contributions and limitations while identifying opportunities for further refinements in the way it is understood and applied. Chapter two describes the origins of the concept of agricultural water productivity and its methodological developments. Chapter three illustrates the different ways the concept has been operationalized in applied research, offers a description of the pathways—with their associated interventions, for improving water productivity, and discusses the contributions to broader development objectives. Based on these, and considering the broader literature, Chapter four presents a set of key lessons and insights from two decades of research on water productivity. Chapter five concludes by highlighting how a focus on agricultural water productivity has brought greater attention to critical water scarcity and management issues. Important strategic opportunities remain, however, for continued improvements in technologies and management practices, data sources, and interdisciplinary research to develop and apply more comprehensive approaches to address water scarcity concerns and, ultimately, make progress towards broader development objectives. 2017-04-17T21:28:38Z 2017-04-17T21:28:38Z 2017 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716711491456318468/Beyond-more-crop-per-drop-evolving-thinking-on-agricultural-water-productivity-IWMI-research-report-169 978-92-9090-848-7 1026-0862 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26381 English en_US IWMI Research Report;No. 169 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute, and Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic IRRIGATION
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER PRODUCTIVITY
INDICATORS
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER PRODUCTIVITY
INDICATORS
Giordano, Meredith
Turral, Hugh
Scheierling, Susanne M.
Tréguer, David O.
McCornick, Peter G.
Beyond 'More Crop per Drop' : Evolving Thinking on Agricultural Water Productivity
relation IWMI Research Report;No. 169
description This report aims to provide key highlights from two decades of IWMI research and the broader irrigation literature on agricultural water productivity, with an emphasis on the evolution and application of the concept, highlighting its contributions and limitations while identifying opportunities for further refinements in the way it is understood and applied. Chapter two describes the origins of the concept of agricultural water productivity and its methodological developments. Chapter three illustrates the different ways the concept has been operationalized in applied research, offers a description of the pathways—with their associated interventions, for improving water productivity, and discusses the contributions to broader development objectives. Based on these, and considering the broader literature, Chapter four presents a set of key lessons and insights from two decades of research on water productivity. Chapter five concludes by highlighting how a focus on agricultural water productivity has brought greater attention to critical water scarcity and management issues. Important strategic opportunities remain, however, for continued improvements in technologies and management practices, data sources, and interdisciplinary research to develop and apply more comprehensive approaches to address water scarcity concerns and, ultimately, make progress towards broader development objectives.
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author Giordano, Meredith
Turral, Hugh
Scheierling, Susanne M.
Tréguer, David O.
McCornick, Peter G.
author_facet Giordano, Meredith
Turral, Hugh
Scheierling, Susanne M.
Tréguer, David O.
McCornick, Peter G.
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title Beyond 'More Crop per Drop' : Evolving Thinking on Agricultural Water Productivity
title_short Beyond 'More Crop per Drop' : Evolving Thinking on Agricultural Water Productivity
title_full Beyond 'More Crop per Drop' : Evolving Thinking on Agricultural Water Productivity
title_fullStr Beyond 'More Crop per Drop' : Evolving Thinking on Agricultural Water Productivity
title_full_unstemmed Beyond 'More Crop per Drop' : Evolving Thinking on Agricultural Water Productivity
title_sort beyond 'more crop per drop' : evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity
publisher Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute, and Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716711491456318468/Beyond-more-crop-per-drop-evolving-thinking-on-agricultural-water-productivity-IWMI-research-report-169
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