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TitleAgriculture, food and water - Managing water to feed a growing population
AbstractLatent heat of evaporation represents a large outgoing component of the energy balance established at a crop-stand surface. This explains why agriculture uses approximately 70% of all the freshwater withdrawn in the world. Increasing demand for water due to population growth, competition with industrial, domestic and environmental requirements, and the decreasing quality of water, limit the agricultural capacity for food production. The Water Resources, Development and Management Service (AGLW) of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is carrying out activities aimed at helping country members in supporting sustainable water management to securing food for a growing population. These activities cut across the various levels of the water domain, going from the (inter)national policy level down to local-level field applications. In this article, FAO's experiences in agricultural water management are used to provide lessons from the past and indicate directions for future challenges.
SourceIAHS-AISH publication (286), pp. 117–124
KeywordsAgricultural water managementIrrigationWater policyWater productivityWater resourcesWater use
JournalIAHS-AISH publication
EditorInternational Association of Hydrological Sciences, [S.l.],
Year2004
TypeArticolo in rivista
AuthorsSteduto P.; Bangoura S.; Bazza M.; Beernaerts I.; Berney O.; Burke J.; Casentini B.; Chen Z.; Eliasson A.; Facon T.; Faures J.M.; Fletcher-Paul L.; Frenken K.; Garces C.; Hermans L.; Hoogeveen J.; Izzi G.; Kiersch B.; Koo-Oshima S.; Maraux F.; Martinez-Beltran J.; Munoz G.; Pavlovic R.; Renault D.; Sonou M.; Torrekens P.; Van Halsema G.; Van Leeuwen N.; Wahaj R.; Van Wambeke J.
Text341310 2004 Scopus 2 s2.0 84857905259 Agricultural water management Irrigation Water policy Water productivity Water resources Water use Agriculture, food and water Managing water to feed a growing population Steduto P.; Bangoura S.; Bazza M.; Beernaerts I.; Berney O.; Burke J.; Casentini B.; Chen Z.; Eliasson A.; Facon T.; Faures J.M.; Fletcher Paul L.; Frenken K.; Garces C.; Hermans L.; Hoogeveen J.; Izzi G.; Kiersch B.; Koo Oshima S.; Maraux F.; Martinez Beltran J.; Munoz G.; Pavlovic R.; Renault D.; Sonou M.; Torrekens P.; Van Halsema G.; Van Leeuwen N.; Wahaj R.; Van Wambeke J. Water Rsrc., Devmt./Mgmt. Service, Land and Water Development Division, Food/Agric. Org. of the U. Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, I 00100 Rome, Italy Latent heat of evaporation represents a large outgoing component of the energy balance established at a crop stand surface. This explains why agriculture uses approximately 70% of all the freshwater withdrawn in the world. Increasing demand for water due to population growth, competition with industrial, domestic and environmental requirements, and the decreasing quality of water, limit the agricultural capacity for food production. The Water Resources, Development and Management Service AGLW of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations FAO is carrying out activities aimed at helping country members in supporting sustainable water management to securing food for a growing population. These activities cut across the various levels of the water domain, going from the inter national policy level down to local level field applications. In this article, FAO s experiences in agricultural water management are used to provide lessons from the past and indicate directions for future challenges. Published version http //www.scopus.com/inward/record.url eid=2 s2.0 84857905259 partnerID=q2rCbXpz Articolo in rivista International Association of Hydrological Sciences 0144 7815 IAHS AISH publication IAHS AISH publication IAHS AISH publ. IAHS AISH publication. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Association Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques publication IAHS publication AISH publication barbara.casentini CASENTINI BARBARA