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Abstract:
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Machine generated contents note: Executive summary -- The challenge of land and water -- Land and water for sustainable intensification -- Meeting the challenges - business as usual is not enough -- Conclusion -- 1.Status and trends in land and water resources -- The present status of land and water -- Land and water resources in rainfed agriculture -- Land and water resources in irrigated agriculture -- Forests, rangelands, inland fisheries and aquaculture -- Agricultural demand towards to 2050 -- Implic
ions for irrigated agriculture -- Implications for rainfed agriculture -- Conclusions -- 2.Socio-economic pressures and institutional set-up -- Socio-economic dependency on land and water -- Basic systems of allocation -- Policy responses to date -- Ins Contents note continued: Growing competition for land and water -- Degradation of land and water: impacts and causes -- Anticipated impacts of climate change -- Systems at risk -- Conclusions -- 4.Technical options for sustainable land and water management -- Improving rainfed productivity -- Managing soil health and fertility -- Soil moisture management for rainfed areas -- Integrated approaches to improving productivity in rainfed systems -- Sourcing water for irrigated agriculture -- Modernizing irriga Contents note continued: Enhancing international cooperation and investment -- Lessons for the future -- 6.Conclusions and main policy recommendations -- Ensuring sustainable production in major land and water systems -- Policies and strategies for sustainable land and water management -- Reforming international cooperation in land and water management -- Looking ahead -- Annexes -- A1.Country groupings used -- A2.Environmental externalities associated with irrigated agriculture -- A3.Country programmes f
sustainable land management -- A4.Core land and water indicators by country or region.
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