Water productivity in agriculture : limits and opportunities for improvement /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Barker, Randolph (Editor), Kijne, J. W. (Editor), Molden, D. J. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Publishing, In association with the International Water Management Institute, 2003.
Series:	Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series ; 1.
Subjects:	Crops and water. Irrigation farming. Water in agriculture. Plant Production. Plant Water Relations. Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002) Water Resources. Crop production. Crop yield. Irrigation. Water management. Water use efficiency. Water use. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture : Editors' Overview / Jacob W. Kijne, Randolph Barker and David Molden
A Water-productivity Framework for Understanding and Action / David Molden, Hammond Murray-Rust, R. Sakthivadivel and Ian Makin
Economics of Water Productivity in Managing Water for Agriculture / Randolph Barker, David Dawe and Arlene Inocencio
The Concept of Efficiency in Water-resources Management and Policy / David Seckler, David Molden and R. Sakthivadivel
Rice Production in Water-scarce Environments / T.P. Tuong and B.A.M. Bouman
Managing Saline and Alkaline Water for Higher Productivity / N.K. Tyagi
Water Productivity under Saline Conditions / Jacob W. Kijne
Opportunities for Increasing Water Productivity of CGIAR Crops through Plant Breeding and Molecular Biology / John Bennett
Management of Drought in ICRISAT Cereal and Legume Mandate Crops / R. Serraj, F.R. Bidinger, Y.S. Chauhan, N. Seetharama, S.N. Nigam and N.P. Saxena
Water Productivity in Rain-fed Agriculture : Challenges and Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers in Drought-prone Tropical Agroecosystems / John Rockström, Jennie Barron and Patrick Fox
World Water Productivity : Current Situation and Future Options / Ximing Cai and Mark W. Rosegrant
Improving Water Productivity in the Dry Areas of West Asia and North Africa / Theib Y. Oweis and Ahmed Y. Hachum
Efficient Management of Rainwater for Increased Crop Productivity and Groundwater Recharge in Asia / S.P. Wani, P. Pathak, T.K. Sreedevi, H.P. Singh and P. Singh
Water Productivity in Forestry and Agroforestry / C.K. Ong and B.M. Swallow
Water Productivity and Potato Cultivation / Walter T. Bowen
Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains : Issues of Water Productivity in Relation to New Resource-conserving Technologies / Peter R. Hobbs and Raj K. Gupta
Land and Water Productivity of Wheat in the Western Indo-Gangetic Plains of India and Pakistan : a Comparative Analysis / Intizar Hussain, R. Sakthivadivel and Upali Amarasinghe
Reform of the Thai Irrigation Sector : is there Scope for Increasing Water Productivity? / François Molle
Upscaling Water Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture Using Remote-sensing and GIS Technologies/ Wim Bastiaanssen, Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad and Zubair Tahir
Improving Water Productivity through Deficit Irrigation : Examples from Syria, the North China Plain and Oregon, USA / Heping Zhang.