This report derives from the importance of water for irrigation to the question, how will additional food be produced … a partial picture of supply and demand for food supply and irrigation-water by 2025 and 2030. The World Bank initiated a …

-intensive field crops, such as sugarcane and fodder. Accordingly, liberalizing local water allocation in irrigation agriculture is … for water trade between irrigation and non-agricultural uses fueled by higher competition for water from industrial … expansion and urbanization leads to greater water shadow prices for irrigation water with reduced income and employment benefits …

successfully expanding irrigation and improving productivity, farmers and managers face an emerging crisis in the form of poorly … performing irrigation schemes, slow modernization, declining investment, constrained water availability, and environmental … management, specifically: building policies and incentives; designing institutional reforms; investing in irrigation systems …