Agriculture

Globally, the agricultural sector consumes about 70% of the planet’s accessible freshwater. Because water is vital for the success of agriculture, proper water management techniques are necessary to meet food and fiber material demands around the world. Resources available here pay special attention to efficient irrigation and sustainable agriculture techniques.

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Agriculture Resources

Walia Lab

Published: 
January 1, 2014
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
DWFI faculty fellow Harkamal Walia's website on research of crop stress genomics. Read more

University of Nebraska Extension

Published: 
January 1, 2014
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension homepageRead more

More with Less: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency in California

Published: 
September 8, 2008
Pacific Institute
This report offers a comprehensive analysis of how to maintain a strong agricultural economy while improving the efficiency of water use and reducing groundwater overdraft and water withdrawals from the critically threatened Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.Read more

Overview of Greywater Reuse: the Potential of Greywater Systems to Aid Sustainable Water Management

Published: 
November 18, 2010
Pacific Institute
This paper provides a broad overview of the state of greywater implementation and policy, with a special emphasis on the Middle East. It examines the potential of greywater to reduce the water and energy intensity of water uses, and it analyzes key issues that must be addressed for greywater to be...Read more

Multiple Benefits of Water Conservation and Efficiency for California Agriculture

Published: 
July 29, 2014
Pacific Institute
This paper and infographic describe some of these benefits from water-efficiency improvements in California's agricultural sector.Read more

Ghana - Water and Sanitation

Published: 
October 6, 2014
Millennium Challenge Corporation
The Ghana Community Services Activity was designed to complement the Agriculture Project by providing educational, water and sanitation and rural electrification infrastructure in the Intervention Zones and by enhancing the capacity of local governments to deliver the related services. These...Read more
Regional focus: 
Ghana

Armenia - Irrigation Infrastructure

Published: 
October 14, 2014
Millennium Challenge Corporation
This study evaluates irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation in Armenia. The study separately examines the impacts of tertiary canals and other large infrastructure such as main canals and pumping stations. The study also explores the similarities that these types of infrastructure share as well...Read more
Regional focus: 
Armenia

Urban Water Blueprint: Mapping Conservation Solutions to the Global Water Challenge

Published: 
November 18, 2014
The Nature Conservancy
The Urban Water Blueprint report and accompanying interactive website provide a resource for decision-makers in evaluating water quantity and quality risk across the world's largest cities, the steps some cities have taken to overcome water stress, and the cost-benefits of incorporating...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

USGS and USAID Partner to Conserve Forests, Water in Africa

U.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Agency for International Development
This resource offers an overview of the partnership between USAID and USGS working to conserve forests in Guinea. One of the many reasons that this project is critical is that Guinea's forest reserves replenish many of West Africa's life-sustaining waterways.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Additionality in Agricultural Conservation Programs

Published: 
September 8, 2014
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Additionality measures the extent to which conservation program payments actually encourage adoption of practices that farmers would not otherwise adopt. Considering additionality in conservation program design could help make programs more cost effective, but only if additionality is considered...Read more

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