For decision makers -- Pt. 1. Setting the scene -- Setting the scene -- Pt. 2. Trends and scenarios -- Trends in water and agricultural development -- Looking ahead to 2050 : scenarios of alternative investment approaches -- Pt. 3. Integrating issues -- Reversing the flow : agri…
This comprehensive assessment of the world's water critically evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture, charting the way forward with concrete actions from management to policy level across all countries and territories.
'The world water crisis has caught us unawares with a series of local hydrological pinchpoints rapidly escalating into a global pandemic of empty rivers dry boreholes and wrecked wetlands as profound as and often linked to climate change. The water crisis has badly needed its eq…
"This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensu…