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Irrigated Agriculture & Groundwater
Sectors:
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
This guide is part of a series designed both to inform professionals in other sectors of key interactions with groundwater resources and hydrogeological science and to guide International Association of Hydrogeologists members in their outreach to related sectors. It summarizes the development of irrigated agriculture and discusses how it has produced great economic benefits but how it simultaneously presents challenges for water resource management.