Water and Agriculture Sustainability, Markets and Policies

Agriculture is a major user of water and is responsible for much of its pollution. But the agricultural sector faces increasing competition for scarce water supplies from urban and industrial users and, increasingly, to sustain ecosystems.  This conference proceedings explores how both governments a...

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Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2006
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505 0 |a The Future of Agriculture and Water -- Catchment-Sensitive Farming -- Water Pricing for Agriculture between Cost Recovery and Water Conservation 
505 0 |a Meeting Environmental Outcomes -- Developing Economic Arrangements for Water Resources Management - The Potential of Stakeholder-oriented Water Valuation -- The Spanish Programme of Improvement and Modernisation of Traditional Irrigation Systems -- Can Water Allocation Buy-back Schemes be Equitable for Impacted Communities? -- Japanese Water Management System from an Economic Perspective -- Assessing the Feasibility of Water Quality Trading to Address Agricultural Sources of Pollution in Canada -- Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Agriculture -- Italian Policy Framework for Water in Agriculture -- Address by Senator Ian Macdonald -- Progress with Water Allocation Reform in South Africa -- Using Good Economic Principles to make Irrigators become True Partners of Water and Environmental Policies -- Institutional Overview from an Australian Perspective - With Particular Reference to the Murray-Darling Basin -- Irrigation Sustainability in the Land Use/Soil System in South Italy --  
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520 |a Agriculture is a major user of water and is responsible for much of its pollution. But the agricultural sector faces increasing competition for scarce water supplies from urban and industrial users and, increasingly, to sustain ecosystems.  This conference proceedings explores how both governments and the private sector can expand the role of markets to allocate water used by all sectors and to get agricultural producers to account for the pollution that their sector generates