Agricultural water management is not a goal in itself but part of a process of
resource management that provides a key input to agricultural production and
farmer incomes. It includes irrigation and drainage, water management in rainfed
agriculture, recycled water reuse, water and land conservation, and watershed
management. It covers all irrigated agriculture, whether fed by surface water or
groundwater, including both public schemes and millions of private individually
irrigated farms, in a wide range of agro-climatic conditions, and in a broad set
of production systems and water management contexts. This book highlights the
importance of agricultural water management and describes the advantages and
disadvantages of conventional and