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1 Scheierling, S. M.. 1995. Overcoming agricultural pollution of water: The challenge of integrating agricultural and environmental policies in the European Union. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. ix, 65p. + annexes. (World Bank technical paper no.269)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G810 SCH Record No: H018395)
2 Scheierling, S. M.. 1998. Toward improved water quality management in Central and Eastern Europe. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 14(1):5-24.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H019313)
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3 Scheierling, S. M.. 1996. Overcoming agricultural water pollution in the European Union. Finance and Development, 33(3):32-35.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4353 Record No: H019314)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H021943)
5 Scheierling, S. M.; Young, R. A.; Cardon, G. E. 2004. Determining the price-responsiveness of demands for irrigation water deliveries versus consumptive use. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 29(2):328-345.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7308 Record No: H036743)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043153)
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Wastewater use in agriculture is a growing practice worldwide. Drivers include increasing water stress, in part due to climate change; increasing urbanization and growing wastewater flows; and more urban households engaged in agricultural activities. The problem with this trend is that in low-income countries, but also in many middle-income countries, it either involves the direct use of untreated wastewater or the indirect use of polluted waters from rivers that receive untreated urban discharges. This poses substantial risks, in particular microbial risks to public health. To address these risks, the World Health Organization in 2006 issued new guidelines for the safe use of wastewater. This paper aims to highlight the growing importance of improving wastewater use in agriculture across the spectrum from lower to high-income countries. It presents an innovative approach linking key issues related to different aspects of wastewater irrigation to a country’s level of economic development. Based on data presented in the World Bank’s World Development Report, it differentiates between four country income levels to create a typology for analyzing current issues, trends, and priorities for improving agricultural wastewater use with a focus on reducing the risks to public health. It also presents the basic principles of the new 2006 World Health Organization Guidelines, and how to apply them. Beyond regulatory aspects, the paper also discusses other aspects that are important for achieving a more integrated approach to agricultural wastewater use, including institutional/planning, technological, economic/financial, and social issues. Finally, the paper provides recommendations for moving the wastewater irrigation agenda forward.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H044195)
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This paper sets out the trends and challenges of wastewater use in agriculture; identifies the risks and benefits of wastewater irrigation; describes the risk-assessment and management framework adopted by the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other international and national organizations; and proposes measures for applying the framework to reduce health risks by moving from unplanned to a planned, integrated, approach to wastewater use for irrigation.
8 Scheierling, S. M.. 1996. Toward improved water quality management in Central and Eastern Europe. Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). 25p. (IIASA WP-96-107)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 4352 Record No: H044686)
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9 Scheierling, S. M.; Treguer, D. O.; Booker, J. F.; Decker, E. 2014. How to assess agricultural water productivity?: looking for water in the agricultural productivity and efficiency literature. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank Group. 44p. (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6982)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046876)
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(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048036)
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This Research Report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins of the concept and the methodological developments, its operationalization through applied research, and some lessons learned over the two decades of research. This report further highlights how a focus on agricultural water productivity has brought greater attention to critical water scarcity issues, and the role of agricultural water management in supporting broader development objectives such as increasing agricultural production, reducing agricultural water use, raising farm-level incomes, and alleviating poverty and inequity. Yet, reliance on a single-factor productivity metric, such as agricultural water productivity defined as “crop per drop,” in multi-factor and multi-output production processes can mask the complexity of agricultural systems as well as the trade-offs required to achieve desired outcomes. The findings from this retrospective underscore the limitations of single-factor productivity metrics while also highlighting opportunities to support more comprehensive approaches to address water scarcity concerns and, ultimately, achieve the broader development objectives.
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