Irrigation operators everywhere are under pressure to perform better. There is demand for more - and more reliable - water alongside greater resource scarcity and uncertainty. Infrastructure investment...
Most of the countries of the Western Balkans require major reforms to the overall institutional, policy, regulatory, and financial aspects of their water and agriculture sectors, which are at varying stages...
This study supports the World Bank’s irrigation and agricultural sector clients in the Western Balkans region, especially regarding transitions and opportunities for the agricultural sector. For the purposes...
Water is a fundamental component of economic and social development resulting from agriculture. In order to build resilience and progress towards water security, relevant agricultural water management...
Enabling adequate response to water security risks and mitigating vulnerabilities depends on the relative effectiveness and performance of the institutional arrangements governing the irrigation sector...
Challenges facing agricultural water resources planning and management include concerns for an increasingly constrained resource base while also confronting the need to grow more food, raise incomes to...
The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is an ambitious step toward poverty eradication in all its forms. These global goals aim to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path...
Water management in irrigated agriculture has been identified as a sustainability challenge due to a combination of continuously increasing demand and the ability of farmers to access water in excess of...