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Author:   Jacob Kijne (International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka) ,  Randolph Barker (International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka) ,  David Molden (International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka) ,  Randolph Barker (International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Volume:   v. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780851996691

ISBN 10:   0851996698
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   06 August 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: A Water productivity framework for understanding and action, D Molden, H Murray-Rust, ICRISAT, India, R Sakthivadivel, IWMI, India and I Makin, IWMI, Sri Lanka 2: Economics of water productivity in managing water for agriculture, R Barker, D Dawe, IRRI, Philippines and A Inocencio, IWMI, South Africa 3: The concept of efficiency in water resources management and policy, D Seckler, IWMI, USA, D Molden and R Sakthivadivel, IWMI, India 4: Rice production in water-scarce environments, T P Tuong and B A M Bouman, IRRI, Philippines 5: Managing saline and alkaline water for higher productivity, N K Tyagi, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, India 6: Water productivity under saline conditions, J W Kijne 7: Opportunities for increasing water productivity of CGIAR crops through plant breeding and molecular biology, J Bennett, IRRI, Philippines 8: Management of drought in ICRISAT cereal and legume mandate crops, R Serraj, F R Bidinger,Y S Chauhan, ICRISAT, India, N Seetharama, ICAR, India, S N Nigam and N P Saxena, ICRISAT, India 9: Water productivity in rain-fed agriculture: challenges and opportunities for smallholder farmers in drought-prone tropical agro-ecosystems, J Rockstroem, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, J Barron and P Fox, Stockholm University, Sweden 10: World water productivity: current situation and future options, X Cai and M W Rosegrant, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA 11: Improving water productivity in the dry areas of West Africa and North Africa, T Y Oweis and A Y Hachum, ICARDA, Syria 12: Efficient management of rainwater for increased crop productivity and groundwater recharge in Asia, S P Wani, P Pathak, ICRISAT, India, T K Sreedevi, APARD, India, H P Singh, CRIDA, India and P Singh, ICRISAT, India 13: Water productivity in forestry and agroforestry, C K Ong and B M Swallow, ICRAF, Kenya 14: Water productivity and potato cultivation, W T Bowen, International Fertilizer Development Centre, AL, USA 15: Rice-wheat cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic plains: Issues of water productivity in relation to new resource - conserving technologies, P R Hobbs, Cornell University, USA and R K Gupta, NASC, India 16: Land-and water productivity of wheat in the Western Indo-Gangetic plains of India and Pakistan: A comparative analysis, I Hussain, IWMI, Sri Lanka, R Sakthivadive, IIWMI, India and U Amarasinghe, IWMI, Sri Lanka 17: Reform of the Thai Irrigation Sector: Is there scope for increasing water productivity? F Molle, IWMI, Sri Lanka 18: Upscaling water productivity in irrigated agriculture using remote-sensing and GIS technologies, W G M Bastiaanssen, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, The Netherlands, M-ud-D Ahmad and Z Tahir, IWMI, Pakistan 19: Improving water productivity through deficit irrigation: examples from Syria, North China Plain and Oregon, USA, H Zhang, CSIRO, Australia

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