WATER FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
Finding a Flow For All

Theatrette, New Parliament House, Canberra,
16 August 2006

This was another of the Crawford Fund’s provocative free annual development conferences.

Wetland productivity dependent on
the flood regime of the
Mekong and its tributaries.

More than one third of the world's food is produced on about 250 million hectares of irrigated land that accounts for about 80% of global fresh water consumption. Without irrigation, people would starve. However, environmental services and river flows grab significant public attention, particularly in developed countries like Australia.

This year's Crawford Fund free development conference addressed the challenges to efficient and sustainable water use in irrigated agriculture and in ensuring food security, and the tension between water for food and for environmental services.

The Hon Neil Andrew,
Chairman, The ATSE Crawford Fund

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