Agricultural Water Management

Agricultural water management is not a goal in itself but part of a process of resource management that provides a key input to agricultural production and farmer incomes. It includes irrigation and drainage, water management in rainfed agriculture, recycled water reuse, water and land conservation, and watershed management. It covers all irrigated agriculture, whether fed by surface water or groundwater, including both public schemes and millions of private individually irrigated farms, in a wide range of agro-climatic conditions, and in a broad set of production systems and water management contexts. This book highlights the importance of agricultural water management and describes the advantages and disadvantages of conventional and innovative systems for the treatment and disposal of agricultural water. It would be a useful reference tool for policy makers, projects managers, development organizations, researchers and other interest groups working for effective agricultural water management.