Economic valuation of water resources in agriculture

Kerry Turner, Stavros Georgiou, Rebecca Clark, Roy Brouwer and Jacob Burke;Land and Water Division

Economic valuation of water resources in agriculture

From the sectoral to a functional perspective of natural resource management

Year of publication 2004

Pages 203

Author Kerry Turner, Stavros Georgiou, Rebecca Clark, Roy Brouwer and Jacob Burke;Land and Water Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9251051909

Series number 1020-1203

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Agriculture is coming under more and more pressure to justify its use of the world's freshwater resources and to improve its productive and environmental performance. The allocations of raw water to agriculture (and the allocations within the agriculture sector) all need to be negotiated in a transparent way. This report reviews the large set of literature on the subject and makes the case for the adoption of a functional approach to water valuation as a basis for such negotiation.

Language English

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