Climate Change, Water and Agric -

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Foreword......Page 5 Table of contents......Page 7 Executive summary......Page 9 Impact of climate change on the water cycle and implications for agriculture......Page 13 Impact of climate change on the water cycle......Page 17 Water availability and agricultural production under climate change......Page 19 Water quality and agriculture under climate change......Page 25 Climate change and extreme water events: Droughts and floods......Page 26 Summary......Page 34 References......Page 36 Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for agricultural water management......Page 47 Adaptation policies for agricultural water management: An economic framework......Page 48 On-farm adaptation of water management......Page 53 Water management policies for adaptation at the watershed level......Page 59 Risk management approaches for adapting to increasing risks of droughts and floods......Page 65 Agricultural policy coherence and the role of market drivers......Page 69 Interactions between mitigation and adaptation of agricultural water management......Page 71 Summary......Page 75 Notes......Page 76 References......Page 77 Conclusion and key policy implications......Page 81 Glossary......Page 85 Annex A. Linkages between climate change, water and agricultural production......Page 89 Annex B. Trends in temperature anomalies......Page 91 Annex C. A review of the water resource and water quality implications of selected mitigation practices......Page 93 Annex references......Page 99