Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia's irrigation help?

Asia accounts for 70% of the world's irrigated area and is home to some of the oldest and largest irrigation schemes. While these irrigation schemes played an important role in ensuring food security for billions of people in the past, their current state of affairs leaves much to be desired. This p...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Mukherji, Aditi, Facon, T., Fraiture, Charlotte de, Molden, David J., Chartres, Colin J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	IWA Publishing 2012
Subjects:	groundwater irrigation irrigation systems management management techniques groundwater irrigation irrigation schemes water demand water rates irrigated farming public-private cooperation
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34558