Drying Wells, Rising Stakes - Towards Sustainable Agricultural Groundwater Use
ISBN: 9781780407975
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / IWA Publishing
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Agriculture; Environmental Studies; Economics;

Groundwater has provided great benefits to agriculture irrigation in semi-arid OECD countries, but its intensive use beyond recharge in certain regions has depleted resources and generated significant negative environmental externalities. The report provides a characterisation of the diversity of groundwater systems, reviews policies in OECD countries, and proposes a package of recommendations to ensure that groundwater can sustain its services to agriculture and contribute to climate change adaptation.


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