Opportunities to Increase Water Productivity in Agriculture with Special Reference to Africa and South Asia. Stockholm Environment Institute, Project Report - 2009

    Kijne, J and Barron, J and Hoff, H and Rockstroma, J and Karlberg, L and Growing, J and Wani, S P and Wichelns, D (2009) Opportunities to Increase Water Productivity in Agriculture with Special Reference to Africa and South Asia. Stockholm Environment Institute, Project Report - 2009. Project Report. Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

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    We thank the co-authors Dr Suhas P. Wani, ICRISAT, Dr Dennis Wichelns, Indiana University Northwets , and Mr John Gowing, University of Newcastle for their contributions. A special thank you to Sander Zwart, WaterWatch (NL) who provided the water productivity data for rice from the meta-analysis by Zwart and Bastiaanssen (2004). The contribution of WP map for climatic change scenario was kindly provided by Ms Marianela Fader, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research. This report was funded by the Swedish Ministry of Environment.

    Abstract

    Our primary goal in this paper is to describe how improvements in water and land management can increase the productivity of water in agriculture, which, broadly defined, means getting more value or benefit from the volume of water used to produce crops, fish, forests and livestock (Kijne et al., 2003). We begin by reviewing water scarcity and water productivity at the global level. We then describe ten Key Messages regarding efforts to improve water productivity in agriculture, with emphasis on Africa and South Asia.

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    Uncontrolled Keywords: Africa, Agriculture, Capacity Building, Economic Factors, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, Food Security, Irrigation, Land Use, Livestock, Market, Nile, Policy, Poverty Reduction, Rainfall, South Asia, Sustainability, Water, Watershed, Yield
    Subjects: Others > Watershed Management
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    Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2011 06:19
    Last Modified: 08 Nov 2011 06:19
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3811
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