1st Edition
Water for Food in a Changing World
Preface Henry Vaux, Jr. Part 1: Introduction 1. Water for Food in a Changing World Robert Sandford Part 2: Innovations in Agricultural Response to Sustainability Challenge 2. Optimising Water Productivity in Food Production Elías Fereres 3. Modern Agricultural under Stress: Lessons from the Murray Darling in Australia Wendy Craik and James Cleaver 4. Integrated Watershed Management Akissa Bahri, Hilmy Sally, Matthew McCartney, Regassa Namara, Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, Barbara van Koppen and Daan van Rooijen 5. Lessons from Spain: a Critical of Assessment of the Role of Science and Society Alberto Garrido and Ana Iglesias Part 3: Counting the drops and the mouths to feed: Food Production and Trade 6. Integrating Agricultural Water Use with the Global Water Budget Malin Falkenmarkt and Johan Rockström 7. Globalisation of Water through Virtual Water Trade Hong Yang Part 4: Water for the environment 8. Balancing Water for people and nature Uriel Safriel 9. Optimising Water for Life Daniel Loucks Part 5: Revitalized Water Governance 10. Water Science and Policy in a Changing World: Implications of Non-Stationary Hydrology, Ecolomics and Politics John Briscoe 11. Promises Under Construction: The Evolving Paradigm for Water Governance and the Case of Northern Mexico Margaret Wilder 12. Beyond Universal Remedies for Good Water Governance: A Political and Contextual Approach Helen Ingram 13. Water Policies in Spain: Balancing Water for Food and Water for Nature Consuelo Varela-Ortega Part 6: Conclusions 14. Can the world feed itself sustainably? Alberto Garrido, Helen Ingram and Robert Sandford
Biography
Alberto Garrido is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the Technical University of Madrid, Spain. He is the Director of the Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks, a research centre of the Technical University of Madrid, and serves in the Advisory Committee of the Rosenberg International Forum of Water Policy.
Helen Ingram is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, USA, and a research fellow at the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona, USA. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Rosenberg International Water Forum.
