Governance of Water-Related Conflicts in Agriculture

• I: Governance and Water-related Agri-environmental Policy.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The concept of resource users’ self-governance.- II: Co-operative Agreements in the European Union.- 3. Occurrence of co-operative agreements.- 4. Achievements of co-operative agreements.- 5. Co-operative agreements versus other instruments.- III: Co-operative Agreements: Assessment at National Level.- 6. Germany: Searching for strategies to provide pure water.- 7. France: Improved farming practices in water catchment areas.- 8. The Netherlands: from compensation to legal constraints.- 9. United Kingdom: Financial and cultural constraints.- IV: Co-operative Agreements in the Broader Policy Framework.- 10. Instruments that promote co-operative agreements.- 11. Water utility — farmer co-operation in the US.- 12. Co-operative agreements in the context of EU policy.

From the reviews: "CAs are voluntary agreements negotiated between farmers and water suppliers ... . This is a very empirical and concrete book, providing very useful documentation of the European experience with CAs since the 1990s. ... For those working on water and environment issues in other parts of the world, notably the developing world, this book provides interesting insight into how the process of the internalisation of environmental concerns into national, regional and local water policy and practice is happening in Europe." (Peter P. Mollinga, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Vol. 45 (4), 2006)