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Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii
Overview
Sourcebook Objectives 1
Background of the Three World Bank Corporate Strategies 2
The Agricultural Water Management Sourcebook 4
Challenges Facing Agricultural Water Management 4
Cross-Cutting Themes of the Sourcebook 7
Lessons and Next Steps 12
Chapter 1: Building Policies and Incentives
Overview 21
Investment Note 1.1: Preparing a National Agricultural Water Strategy 24
Investment Note 1.2: Development Policy Lending to Support Irrigation
and Drainage Sector Reforms 31
Investment Note 1.3: Agricultural Trade, Water, and Food Security 38
Investment Note 1.4: Pricing, Charging, and Recovering for Irrigation Services 45
Investment Note 1.5: Economic Incentives in Agricultural Water Use 53
Innovation Profile 1.1: Agricultural Water in the New Country Water Resources
Assistance Strategies 59
Innovation Profile 1.2: Enabling Smallholder Prosperity: Irrigation Investments
for Ready Markets 63
Chapter 2: Designing Institutional Reforms
Overview 67
Investment Note 2.1: Investing in Participatory Irrigation Management 70
Investment Note 2.2: Investing in Water Rights, Water Markets, and Water Trade 78
Investment Note 2.3: Investing in Building Capacity in Agricultural
Water Management 87
Innovation Profile 2.1: Drivers of Public Irrigation Reform in Australia 93
Innovation Profile 2.2: Investing in Farmer Networks for Inclusive Irrigation
Policy Processes in South India 96
Chapter 3: Investing in the Improvement and Modernization of Irrigation Systems
Overview 101
Investment Note 3.1: Lending for On-Farm Water-Saving Technologies 105
Investment Note 3.2: Investing in Irrigation for Crop Diversification 110
Investment Note 3.3: Investing iti Smallholder Irrigation 114
Investment Note 3.4: Selecting Technologies for the Operation and
Maintenance of Irrigation Systems 119
Investment Note 3.5: Cost-Effective Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation
and Drainage Projects 123
Investment Note 3.6: Using Satellites to Assess and Monitor Irrigation
and Drainage Investments 127
Investment Note 3.7: Prioritizing Lending for Public Irrigation Schemes
with the Rapid Appraisal Method 134
Innovation Profile 3.1: Investing in Automation and Centrally Operated
Irrigation Systems 139
Chapter 4: Investing in Groundwater Irrigation
Overview 143
Investment Note 4.1: Investing in Shallow Tubewells for Small-Scale Irrigation 145
Investment Note 4.2: Deep Tubewell Irrigation 150
Investment Note 4.3: Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water 156
Investment Note 4.4: Groundwater Governance and Management 162
Innovation Profile 4.1: The Republic of Yemen's Sana'a Basin Water
Management Project 169
Chapter 5: Investing in Drainage and Water Quality Management
Overview 173
Investment Note 5.1: Investing in Land Drainage 176
Investment Note 5.2: Investing in the Reuse of Agricultural Drainage Water 181
Investment Note 5.3: Investing in the Reuse of Treated Wastewater 185
Innovation Profile 5.1: Drainage Investments in the Context of Integrated
Water Resources Management 190
Innovation Profile 5.2: Investing in Controlled Drainage 193
Innovation Profile 5.3: Investing in Evaporation Ponds 196
Innovation Profile 5.4: Investing in Biodrainage 198
Innovation Profile 5.5: Investing in User Operation and Maintenance of Drainage 201
Chapter 6: Investing in Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture
Overview 205
Investment Note 6.1: Investing in Supplemental Irrigation .208
Investment Note 6.2: Investing in Watershed Management 214
Investment Note 6.3: Investing in Water and Soil Fertility Management 219
Innovation Profile 6.1: Investing in Community-Based Soil Conservation and
Watershed Management Projects 225
Innovation Profile 6.2: Investing in Watershed Management in China's
Loess Plateau 229
Innovation Profile 6.3: Integrated Water Management to Enhance
Watershed Functions and to Capture Payments for
Environmental Services 232
Chapter 7: Investing in Agricultural Water Management in Multipurpose Operations
Overview 237
Investment Note 7.1: Investing in Agricultural Water through Community-Driven
and Social Fund Approaches 239
Investment Note 7.2: Investing in Aquaculture Activities 244
Innovation Profile 7.1: Rural Water Supply and Irrigation 251
Chapter 8: Coping with Extreme Climatic Conditions
Overview 255
Investment Note 8.1: Investing in Drought Preparedness 258
Investment Note 8.2: Investing in Flood Control and Management 264
Innovation Profile 8.1: Planning Scarce Water Resources Using
Evapotranspiration Quotas: The Hai Basin Integrated Water
and Environment Project in China 270
Innovation Profile 8.2: Fighting the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change
on Agriculture 272
Innovation Profile 8.3: Investing in Participatory Approaches for the Cultivation
of New Varieties and Soil and Water Conservation in India 275
Chapter 9: Assessing the Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of
Agricultural Water Investments
Overview 279
Investment Note 9.1: Monitoring and Evaluating the Poverty Impacts of
Agricultural Water Projects 281
Innovation Profile 9.1: Assessing the Economic Benefits of Land Drainage 286
Innovation Profile 9.2: Guiding Environmental and Social Safeguard Assessment
in Agricultural Water Projects 290
Innovation Profile 9.3: Estimating the Multiplier Effects of Dams 294
Innovation Profile 9.4: Benchmarking for Improved Performance in
Irrigation and Drainage 299
Innovation Profile 9.5: Applying Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies to
Agricultural Water Operations and Monitoring Them
during the Project Cycle 304
Index 315
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Irrigation Economic aspects, Irrigation water Economic aspects, Irrigation water Management, Water-supply, Agricultural Economic aspects Developing countries, Water-supply, Agricultural Developing countries Management, Water in agriculture Economic aspects Developing countries, Agricultural industries Foreign ownership