Water productivity in agriculture : limits and opportunities for improvement (Record no. 45068)
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| fixed length control field | 04298nam a22002654a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780851996691 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0851996698 (alk. paper) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 631.7 |
| Item number | WAT |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Water productivity in agriculture : limits and opportunities for improvement |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Jacob W. Kijne, Randolph Barker, and David Molden. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Oxon ; Cambridge, MA : |
| Name of publisher | CABI Pub., |
| Year of publication | c2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xix, 332 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., col. maps ; |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series, 1 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contributors vii <br/>Series Foreword: Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series ix <br/>Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture: Editors' Overview xi <br/>Jacob W. Kijne, Randolph Barker and David Molden<br/>1. A Water-productivity Framework for Understanding and Action<br/>1 (18)<br/>David Molden, Hammond Murray-Rust, R. Sakthivadivel and Ian Makin<br/>2. Economics of Water Productivity in Managing Water for Agriculture<br/>19 (18)<br/>Randolph Barker, David Dawe and Arlene Inocencio<br/>3. The Concept of Efficiency in Water-resources Management and Policy<br/>37 (16)<br/>David Seckler, David Molden and R. Sakthivadivel<br/>4. Rice Production in Water-scarce Environments<br/>53 (16)<br/>T.P. Tuong and B.A.M. Bouman<br/>5. Managing Saline and Alkaline Water for Higher Productivity<br/>69 (20)<br/>N.K. Tyagi<br/>6. Water Productivity under Saline Conditions<br/>89 (14)<br/>Jacob W. Kijne<br/>7. Opportunities for Increasing Water Productivity of CGIAR Crops through Plant Breeding and Molecular Biology<br/>103 (24)<br/>John Bennett<br/>8. Management of Drought in ICRISAT Cereal and Legume Mandate Crops<br/>127 (18)<br/>R. Serraj, F.R. Bidfinger, Y.S. Chauhan, N. Seetharama, S.N. Nigam and N.P. Saxena<br/>9. Water Productivity in Rain-fed Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers In Drought-prone Tropical Agroecosystems<br/>145 (18)<br/>John Rockstrom, Jennie Barron and Patrick Fox<br/>10. World Water Productivity: Current Situation and Future Options 163 (16)<br/>Ximing Cai and Mark W. Rosegrant<br/>11. Improving Water Productivity in the Dry Areas of West Asia and North Africa 179 (20)<br/>Theib Y. Oweis and Ahmed Y. Hachum<br/>12. Efficient Management of Rainwater for Increased Crop Productivity and Groundwater Recharge in Asia 199 (18)<br/>S.P. Wani, P. Pothak, T.K. Sreedevi, H.P. Singh and P. Singh<br/>13. Water Productivity in Forestry and Agroforestry 217 (12)<br/>C.K. Ong and B.M. Swallow<br/>14. Water Productivity and Potato Cultivation 229 (10)<br/>Walter T. Bowen<br/>15. Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: Issues of Water Productivity in Relation to New Resource-conserving Technologies 239 (16)<br/>Peter R. Hobbs and Raj K. Gupta<br/>16. Land and Water Productivity of Wheat in the Western Indo-Gangetic Plains of India and Pakistan: a Comparative Analysis 255 (18)<br/>Intizar Hussain, R. Sakthivadivel and Upali Amarasinghe<br/>17. Reform of the Thai Irrigation Sector: is there Scope for Increasing Water Productivity? 273 (16)<br/>Francois Molle<br/>18. Upscaling Water Productivity In Irrigated Agriculture Using Remote-sensing and GIS Technologies 289 (12)<br/>Wim Bastiaanssen, Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad and Zubair Tahir<br/>19. Improving Water Productivity through Deficit Irrigation: Examples from Syria, the North China Plain and Oregon, USA 301 (10)<br/>Heping Zhang<br/>Appendix A. A Note on Transpiration 311 (8)<br/>David Seckler<br/>Appendix B. Note on Agronomic Practices for Increasing Crop Water Productivity 319 (4)<br/>Jacob W. Kijne<br/>Index 323 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The book represents the first in a new series of volumes resulting from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, a research programme conducted by the CGIAR's Future Harvest Centres, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and partners worldwide. It will be of significant interest to those working in areas of soil and crop science, water management, irrigation and development studies. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Water in agriculture. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Irrigation farming. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Crops and water. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kijne, J. W. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barker, Randolph. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Molden, D. J. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy044/2002153454.html |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0613/2002153454-d.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 12/07/2023 | Donation | 27950.00 | 631.7 WAT | 016435 | Reference Books |