Climate change and agricultural water management in developing countries /

• Other Authors: Chu, Thai Hoanh, 1949- (Editor), Johnston, Robyn, (Editor), Smakhtin, Vladimir, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : Colombo, Sri Lanka : CABI ; in association with International Water Management Institute (IWMI), 2016.
• Series: CABI climate change series ; 8.
• Subjects: Water-supply, Agricultural > Management > Developing countries.; Crops and climate > Developing countries.; Climatic changes > Developing countries.; Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002); Water Resources.; Meteorology and Climate.; Natural Disasters.; Case studies.; Climate.; Climate change.; Groundwater.; Irrigation.; Irrigation scheduling.; Irrigation water.; Mekong River.; Plant water relations.; Uncertainty.; Water conservation.; Water management.; Water policy.; Water requirements.
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This book provides experiences from studies on agricultural water management under climate change as references for agriculture and irrigation planners, decision makers, researchers and students. Chapters 2 and 3 provide an overview of global assessment of climate change impacts and water requiremen...

Table of Contents:

• Climate Change and Agricultural Development : A Challenge for Water Management / Chu Thai Hoanh, Robyn Johnston and Vladimir Smakhtin
• Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Agricultural Water Management - A Review / Shreedhar Maskey, Dinesh Bhatt, Stefan Uhlenbrook, Krishna C. Prasad and Mukand S. Babel
• Global Water Requirements of Future Agriculture : Using WATERSIM / Aditya Sood
• Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirements in Huang-HuaiHai Plain, China / Qin Liu, Changrong Yan, Jianying Yang, Xu-rong Mei, Weiping Hao and Hui Ju
• Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in Agricultural Water Management in North China / Jun Xia, Xingguo Mo, Jinxia Wang and Xinping Luo
• Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Agricultural Water Management in the Philippines / Felino P. Lansigan and Amparo C. Dela Cruz
• Adaptation Strategies to Address the Climate Change Impacts in Three Major River Basins in India / Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Kuppannan Palanisami, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal, Coimbatore Ramarao Ranganathan and Udaya Sekhar Nagothu
• Water Management for Agricultural Production in a Coastal Province of the Mekong River Delta under Sea-level Rise / Ngo Dang Phong, Chu Thai Hoanh, Tran Quang Tho, Nguyen van Ngoc, Tran Duc Dong, To Phuc Tuong, Nguyen Huy Khoi, Nguyen Xuan Hien and Nguyen Trung Nam
• Aquaculture Adaptation to Climate Change in Vietnam's Mekong Delta / Suan Pheng Kam, Tran Nhuong, Chu Thai Hoanh and Nguyen Xuan Hien
• Groundwater for Food Production and Livelihoods - The Nexus with Climate Change and Transboundary Water Management / Karen Villholth
• Irrigated Crop Production in the Syr Darya Basin : Climate Change Rehearsal in the 1990s / Oxana Savoskul and Elena Shevnina
• Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Production through Water-saving Techniques : Potential, Adoption and Empirical Evidence / Bjoern Ole Sander, Reiner Wassmann and Joel D.L.C. Siopongco
• Linking Climate Change Discourse with Climate Change Policy in the Mekong : The Case of Lao PDR / Jana Prosinger, Diana Suhardiman and Mark Giordano.