World Bank2012-06-062012-06-062005978-0-8213-6161-0https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7298Agricultural water management is a vital practice in ensuring reduction, and environmental protection. After decades of successfully expanding irrigation and improving productivity, farmers and managers face an emerging crisis in the form of poorly performing irrigation schemes, slow modernization, declining investment, constrained water availability, and environmental degradation. More and better investments in agricultural water are needed. In response, the World Bank, in conjunction with many partner agencies, has compiled a selection of good experiences that can guide practitioners in the design of quality investments in agricultural water. The messages of this publication center around the key challenges to agricultural water management, specifically: building policies and incentives; designing institutional reforms; investing in irrigation systems improvement and modernization; investing in groundwater irrigation; investing in drainage and water quality management; investing in water management in rain-fed agriculture; investing in agricultural water management in multipurpose operations; coping with extreme climatic conditions; and assessing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of agricultural water investments.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADEQUATE SUPPLYAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL WATERAGRICULTURAL WATER POLICYAGRICULTURAL WATER USEAGRICULTURE WATERAQUACULTUREAQUIFER DEPLETIONAVAILABLE WATERBASIN MANAGEMENTBASIN WATERBASINSBENEFIT ANALYSISCAPACITY BUILDINGCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATIC CONDITIONSCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITION FOR WATERCONJUNCTIVE USECONJUNCTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATERCONSUMERSCOST OF WATERCOST RECOVERYCROP DIVERSIFICATIONCUBIC METERDEMAND FOR WATERDEMAND MANAGEMENTDROUGHTDRYLANDSECONOMIC INCENTIVESECONOMICSEFFICIENT WATER USEEFFLUENT DISCHARGEENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEQUILIBRIUMEVAPORATIONEXTERNALITIESFARMSFLOOD CONTROLFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCYGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER DEPLETIONGROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENTGROUNDWATER IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENTHEALTH PROBLEMSHECTAREINCOMEINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINDUSTRIAL USESINTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENTINVESTMENTINVESTMENT COSTSIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION INVESTMENTIRRIGATION MANAGEMENTIRRIGATION PROJECTIRRIGATION SERVICESIRRIGATION SYSTEMSLAND DRAINAGELAND PRODUCTIVITYLAND RECLAMATIONLAND RESOURCESMINISTRY OF WATERNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESOPPORTUNITY COST OF WATERPARTICIPATORY APPROACHESPARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENTPOLICY DECISIONSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLLUTIONPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTIVITYQUOTASRAINWATER HARVESTINGRATESRECYCLED WATERRECYCLINGRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCE USERESOURCES MANAGEMENTRURAL WATERRURAL WATER SUPPLYSCARCE WATERSCARCE WATER RESOURCESSECTORAL POLICIESSERVICE PROVIDERSMALLHOLDER IRRIGATIONSOIL CONSERVATIONSOIL FERTILITYSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSUPPLY OF WATERSURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGETECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONSTOWNSTRADEOFFSWASTEWATERWATER ALLOCATIONWATER ALLOCATIONSWATER AVAILABILITYWATER CONSERVATIONWATER CONTROLWATER DELIVERYWATER INVESTMENTSWATER MANAGEMENTWATER MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLESWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSWATER MARKETSWATER PARTNERSHIPWATER POLICYWATER PRICINGWATER PROJECTSWATER QUALITYWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER RIGHTSWATER SCARCITYWATER SERVICEWATER SERVICE DELIVERYWATER SOURCESWATER STRATEGYWATER SUPPLIESWATER TABLESWATER TRADEWATER USE EFFICIENCYWATER USE IN AGRICULTUREWATER USERWATER USER ASSOCIATIONWATER USERSWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWATERSHEDSWUAWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6161-0