Water management for sustainable agriculture

Part 1 Fundamentals
1.Understanding and measuring plant water use: Gretchen R. Miller, Texas A&M University, USA; 
2.Dynamics of water storage and retention in soil: K. Rajkai et. al., Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary;
3.Climate change and water resources for agriculture; Luis Garrote, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; 

Part 2 Sustainable use of groundwater and surface water for irrigation
4.An integrated approach for the estimation of crop water requirements based on soil, plant and atmospheric measurements: N. Jovanovic, S. Dzikiti and M. Gush, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa; 
5.The economics of groundwater development and governance; T. Shah, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), India
6.Managing surface water for irrigation; A. Qureshi, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, United Arab Emirates

Part 3 Other sources of water for irrigation
7.Rainwater and floodwater harvesting for crop irrigation: Dieter Prinz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany; 
8.The use of treated wastewater for crop irrigation: Alfieri Pollice et. al., IRSA-CNR, Italy;
9.Use of brackish and marginal water for irrigation in water scarce areas: Z. Gao, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China; 

Part 4 Irrigation techniques
10.Developments in surface irrigation techniques: Taffa Tulu, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; 
11.Trickle irrigation systems: Megh R. Goyal, formerly University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico; 
12.An overview of subsurface irrigation techniques: Andrea Dührkoop et. al., University of Kassel, Germany; 
13.Fertigation techniques for efficient water and nutrient use in agriculture; Munir J. Mohammad Rusan, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan and International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), USA; 

Part 5 Managing water use on the farm
14.Modelling water use on farms; L. S. Pereira and P. Paredes, University of Lisbon, Portugal; 
15.Improving water productivity in rainfed agriculture: challenges and opportunities for small-scale farmers in dry lands: John Gowing, University of Newcastle, UK; 
16.Improving water use in tropical rain-fed systems: the situation in India: Suhas P. Wani et. al., ICRISAT, India; 
17.Deficit irrigation and site-specific irrigation scheduling techniques to minimize water use: Susan A. O'Shaughnessy, USDA-ARS, USA; and Manuel A. Andrade, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, USA; 
18.Drainage systems to support sustainable water use: Henk Ritzema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; 

Part 6 Managing water resources
19.Increasing water productivity in agriculture: an overview: Wayne S. Meyer, University of Adelaide, Australia; 
20.Regional strategies in sustainable water management for irrigation: the eco-efficiency approach: Mladen TodoroviÄ, Centre International de Hautes Etudes Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy; 
21.The challenge of sustainable water resources management under water scarcity: Pasquale Steduto et. al., FAO, Italy
22.Assessing the cost of supplying water for agriculture: the food supply cost curve: Roberto Roson, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy;