The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies
Surveys the current policy environment for addressing water and agricultural issues in a changing climate, which is shaped by economic development plans at the national and provincial levels, sector plans for water and agriculture (from long-term, multi-decade plans to medium-term, annual plans), an...
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| author | Yu, Winston Yang, Yi-Chen Savitsky, Andre Alford, Donald Brown, Casey Wescoat, James Debowicz, Dario Robinson, Sherman |
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| description | Surveys the current policy environment for addressing water and agricultural issues in a changing climate, which is shaped by economic development plans at the national and provincial levels, sector plans for water and agriculture (from long-term, multi-decade plans to medium-term, annual plans), and recent cross-cutting policy documents on climate change. Key challenges include (1) limited water storage, (2) problematic trends in surface water and groundwater use, (3) inflexible and uncertain water allocation institutions, and (4) low water-use efficiencies and productivity. Water and agricultural policy challenges arise as provincial development plans continue to focus on the role of infrastructure in water and food security. Recent policy documents highlight the increasing importance of improving irrigation efficiency, improvement of yields, and the socioeconomic distribution of development opportunities and benefits—including food security—but planning documents and budgets do not always comprehensively address the linkages between water management and productivity of the agriculture sector. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/902522022-10-02T07:00:27Z The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies Yu, Winston Yang, Yi-Chen Savitsky, Andre Alford, Donald Brown, Casey Wescoat, James Debowicz, Dario Robinson, Sherman Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture Wescoat, James Surveys the current policy environment for addressing water and agricultural issues in a changing climate, which is shaped by economic development plans at the national and provincial levels, sector plans for water and agriculture (from long-term, multi-decade plans to medium-term, annual plans), and recent cross-cutting policy documents on climate change. Key challenges include (1) limited water storage, (2) problematic trends in surface water and groundwater use, (3) inflexible and uncertain water allocation institutions, and (4) low water-use efficiencies and productivity. Water and agricultural policy challenges arise as provincial development plans continue to focus on the role of infrastructure in water and food security. Recent policy documents highlight the increasing importance of improving irrigation efficiency, improvement of yields, and the socioeconomic distribution of development opportunities and benefits—including food security—but planning documents and budgets do not always comprehensively address the linkages between water management and productivity of the agriculture sector. 2014-09-22T16:11:00Z 2014-09-22T16:11:00Z 2013-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 978-0-8213-9874-6 978-0-8213-9875-3 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90252 Yu, Winston, Yi-Chen Yang, Andre Savitsky, Donald Alford, Casey Brown, James Wescoat, Dario Debowicz, and Sherman Robinson. “The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies.” The Impacts of Climate Risks on Water and Agriculture (April 18, 2013): 35–55. © International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/9780821398746_CH02 The Indus Basin of Pakistan: The Impacts of Climate Risks on Water and Agriculture Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ application/pdf The World Bank World Bank |
| spellingShingle | Yu, Winston Yang, Yi-Chen Savitsky, Andre Alford, Donald Brown, Casey Wescoat, James Debowicz, Dario Robinson, Sherman The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies |
| title | The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies |
| title_full | The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies |
| title_fullStr | The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies |
| title_short | The Current Water and Agriculture Context, Challenges, and Policies |
| title_sort | current water and agriculture context challenges and policies |
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