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Improving agricultural water management is widely viewed as being crucial to achieving a more environmentally sustainable, resilient and productive agro-food sector. However, how do we reconcile the needs of water for food production with those of the environment and for energy and society – a wicked quadrilemma facing the future of global irrigated agriculture. What needs to be done, and by whom, and what innovations are needed to deliver much-needed solutions to improve agricultural water resources management, allocation and efficiency? This chapter reviews potential solutions in areas such as water resources allocation for agriculture, improving on-farm agricultural practices, improving irrigation water resources management and how best to tackle future climate and water-related climate risks.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Allocating water resources for agriculture: recognising the need for improved data and monitoring to support demand forecastin
- 3 Improving on-farm agricultural practices through agronomy, plant science, soils, drainage and energy management
- 4 Improving irrigation water resources management: understanding efficiency, supporting farmer-led collaboration, water sharin
- 5 Future climate and water-related risks: the role of precision irrigation, management and technology to address the nexus chall
- 6 Conclusions
- 7 References