http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/issues/irrigation/
- Revitalizing irrigation across Africa and Asia is key to ensuring that future populations do not go hungry.
- The need for groundwater management is growing as farmers increasingly pump groundwater to meet their water needs, leaving behind the old systems and institutions that managed them.
- Using agricultural landscapes for a wider range of functions can help produce ‘more crop per drop’.
- Increased investments are urgently needed in irrigation and other agricultural water management methods, using a full range of options from large to small-scale infrastructure.
- Irrigation systems need to be carefully managed to avoid land degradation