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Water for food in Bangladesh: outlook to 2030

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Title Water for food in Bangladesh: outlook to 2030
 
Creator Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Sharma, Bharat R.
Muthuwatta, Lal P.
Khan, Z.H.
 
Subject water supply
water demand
water productivity
groundwater
food supply
food consumption
rice
irrigated land
nutrients
animal products
feed crops
sustainability
forecasting
 
Description This research study shows that ‘business-as-usual’ scenarios will have substantial production surpluses of rice, which dominates water use patterns in the country at present. However, the surpluses come at a considerable environmental cost, due to high levels of groundwater depletion. Bangladesh can mitigate potential groundwater crises by limiting rice production to meet the requirements of self-sufficiency. Increases in water productivity of both Aman (wet season) and Boro (dry season) rice production can help too. A carefully designed deficit irrigation regime for Boro rice can also increase transpiration, yield, water productivity and production, and reduce the pressure on scarce groundwater resources.
 
Date 2014
2015-04-30T13:44:09Z
2015-04-30T13:44:09Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Amarasinghe, Upali A. [IWMI]; Sharma, Bharat R. [IWMI]; Muthuwatta, Lal [IWMI]; Khan, Z. H. [NARS]; 2014. Water for food in Bangladesh: outlook to 2030. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 32p. (IWMI Research Report 158) http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2014.213
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65356
https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub158/rr158.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.213
Managing Resource Variability and Competing Use
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher International Water Management Institute (IWMI)