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Water Resources in the Asia‐Pacific Region: Managing Scarcity

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  • Mark W. Rosegrant
  • Ruth S. Meinzen‐Dick

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Irrigation, together with improved crop varieties and substantial growth in fertiliser use in the late 1960s through the early 1980s, was a key factor in stimulating strong agricultural growth in much of the Asia‐Pacific region. New sources of water are increasingly expensive to exploit, but irrigation continues to be a major catalyst for agricultural growth. In the face of increasing degradation, the maintenance of the water resource base must be a high priority policy objective. This paper reviews the management of water resources in the Asia‐Pacific region, for countries with significant irrigated area: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Korea‐DPR, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

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  • Mark W. Rosegrant & Ruth S. Meinzen‐Dick, 1996. "Water Resources in the Asia‐Pacific Region: Managing Scarcity," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 10(2), pages 32-53, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:apacel:v:10:y:1996:i:2:p:32-53
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8411.1996.tb00015.x
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