Water Productivity and Food Security

Dr Dinesh Kumar is the Executive Director of the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy in Hyderabad, an Indian think-tank on water management founded by him in 2008. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering (focus on water resources management) and a Ph. D in Water Management. He works on water, agriculture, and energy related issues in India and internationally, heading several research and consultancy projects and training assignments of the organization. He is the author of nearly 300 research publications, including nine academic books, nine edited volumes, and several international, peer-reviewed journal articles. He is on the editorial board of four prestigious international journals, Viz., Water Policy, International Journal of Water Resources Development, PLOS Water journal and Frontiers in Water. In a career spanning 30 years, Kumar has visited 21 countries, for conferences and official work.

• 1. Water Productivity Improvements in Global Agriculture: Need for Prioritising Areas2. New Methodology for Assessing Global Water and Food Challenges: Implications for Agricultural Water Productivity Improvements3. Conceptual Issues in Water Use Efficiency and Water Productivity4. Theoretical Aspects of Estimating Different Productivity Functions5. Past Trends in Water Productivity at the Global and Regional Scale6. Future Demand for Agricultural Commodities in Different Regions and its Implication for Land and Water Use and Water Productivity in Agriculture7. Past Growth in Agricultural Productivity in South Asia8. Measures for Raising Crop Productivity in South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa9. Constraints to Improving Crop Water Productivity in Rainfed and Irrigated Systems in South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa10. Framework for identifying the interventions required for enhancing water productivity at various scales