Contents: Preface. 1. Water for agriculture: facing the limits/Sandra L. Postel, Worldwatch Institute, U.S.A. 2. Field Water balance for irrigation planning/R. John Hanks, Utah State University; and Melvin D. Campbell, Batelle, 7777 PNL, U.S.A. 3. Meteorological approaches for predicting irrigation needs/J.L. Steiner and T.A. Howell, USDA/ARS, U.S.A. 4. Yield to Water-use relationships and use of the concepts in managing a limited water supply/S.D. Singh, Jodhpur; and Y.V. Singh, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India. 5. Managing salt affected waters for crop-production/Raj K. Gupta and P.S. Minhas, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, India. 6. Deficit irrigation and strategy for optimizing yield/David E. Miller, IAREC, U.S.A. 7. Efficient use of water in irrigated agriculture and limitations to increasing water-use efficiency/Claudio O. Stockle, Washington State University, U.S.A. and Joseph M. Villar, Politechnic University of Catalunya, Spain. 8. Trickle irrigation design and evaluation based on the statistical uniformity/Vincent F. Bralts, Michigan State University; and I-Pai Wu, University of Hawai, U.S.A. 9. Nutrient management in response to irrigation/Raymond W. Miller, Utah State University, U.S.A. 10. Ecological III-effects of arid land irrigation and some combating measures/Vinod Shankar, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi; and Suresh Kumar, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India. 11. Arid land irrigation and desertification/Vladimir S. Zaletaev, Russian Academy of Science, Russia. No. 8230

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