Water management for climate-smart agriculture

This course focuses on water management and its critical role in climate-smart agriculture. It analyses the impacts of climate change on the availability of freshwater resources for agriculture and considers possible water management options for adaptation to climate change and for climate change mitigation.

Learning Objectives

• The current status, trends and challenges in water resources management
• The impacts of climate change on water resources for agriculture
• The main water management options for climate change adaptation
• Tools and approaches for preparing water management responses to climate change in agriculture
• Measures pertaining to water management to mitigate GHG emissions in agriculture