Climate Change, Water and Agric -

Foreword......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 7
Executive summary......Page 9
Impact of climate change on the water cycle and implications for agriculture......Page 13
Impact of climate change on the water cycle......Page 17
Water availability and agricultural production under climate change......Page 19
Water quality and agriculture under climate change......Page 25
Climate change and extreme water events: Droughts and floods......Page 26
Summary......Page 34
References......Page 36
Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for agricultural water management......Page 47
Adaptation policies for agricultural water management: An economic framework......Page 48
On-farm adaptation of water management......Page 53
Water management policies for adaptation at the watershed level......Page 59
Risk management approaches for adapting to increasing risks of droughts and floods......Page 65
Agricultural policy coherence and the role of market drivers......Page 69
Interactions between mitigation and adaptation of agricultural water management......Page 71
Summary......Page 75
Notes......Page 76
References......Page 77
Conclusion and key policy implications......Page 81
Glossary......Page 85
Annex A. Linkages between climate change, water and agricultural production......Page 89
Annex B. Trends in temperature anomalies......Page 91
Annex C. A review of the water resource and water quality implications of selected mitigation practices......Page 93
Annex references......Page 99