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| Cai, Ximing; McKinney, Daene C.; Rosegrant, Mark W.. |
| Sustainable irrigation water management should simultaneously achieve two objectives: sustaining irrigated agriculture for food security and preserving the associated natural environment. A stable relationship should be maintained between these two objectives now and in the future, while potential conflicts between these objectives should be mitigated through appropriate irrigation practices. Lessons learned from unsustainable water management practices around the world demonstrate the necessity—and growing urgency—of applying sustainability principles to water management in river basins where irrigation is a major factor. This paper presents the operational concepts and analytical framework for sustainability analysis of irrigation water management in... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Irrigation Water Management; Sustainability; System Analysis; Aral Sea; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16094 |
