At present, about 299 Mha (or 18%) of the arable and permanent cropped areas worldwide
are irrigated and, although drainage is an important component of irrigation, only 22% of …

Water management in delta floodplains worldwide faces many challenges due to the
changing climate and increasing human intervention in the hydrological regimes of rivers …

Participatory modelling has provided a new approach to overcome the problem of data
scarcity which formerly interfered with the environmental planning for the restoration of the …

The paper proposes a capacity‐building programme (CBP) on water for food/agricultural
water management in sub‐Saharan Africa contained within an academy on the water …

Irrigation systems have changed significantly in the last 50 years. Originally supplied by
surface water, its farming systems depend increasingly on the massive use of groundwater …

Irrigated agriculture management is still not effective in Ghana. The growing recognition of
irrigation problems and its impact on the economy and environment have prompted the …

In this paper, the role of subsurface drainage in irrigated agriculture in semi‐arid and arid
regions is discussed based on experiences obtained in Egypt, India and Pakistan …

The world's population is projected to grow from 6,500 million people today to more than
9,100 million in 2050. To feed this growing population and banish hunger from the world …

Over the past three decades, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has evolved
into one of the leading water management paradigms. Revisiting the starting points and the …

This paper defines concepts of capacity and capacity development for Integrated Water
Resources Management (IWRM), and particularly the recent contributions made by a …