Papers of the Publication

OECD Workshop on Agriculture and Water:

Sustainability, Markets and Policies

14-18 November 2005

Adelaide, Australia

Conclusions and Recommendations, Meeting Documents, Room Documents

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

MEETING DOCUMENTS 

OVERVIEW 

Address by Senator Ian Macdonald
Australian Government Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Canberra

An Australian Perspective on Water Reform
Darryl Quinlivan, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, Australia

Using Good Economic Principles to Make Irrigators become True Partners of Water and Environmental Policies
Alberto Garrido, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid --Spain  

PART I
THE ECONOMICS OF WATER AND AGRICULTURE

National Water Initiative -- The Economics of Water Management in Australia - An Overview
Malcolm Thompson, Water Reform Group, National Water Commission, Australian Government, Canberra, Australia   

From Cumulative Threats to Integrated Responses: A Review of Ag-Water Policy Issues in Prairie Canada
Henry David Venema, Sustainable Natural Resources Management, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg, Canada

Water Pricing for Agriculture between Cost Recovery and Water Conservation: Where do we stand in France?
Thierry Rieu, Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (École Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts - ENGREF), Montpellier, France   

Integrating Rural and Urban Water Markets in South-East Australia: Preliminary Analysis
Gawan Dwyer, Paul Loke, David Appels, Susan Stone and Deborah Peterson, Productivity Commission, Melbourne, Australia  

Emerging Environmental Markets: A Catchment Modelling Framework to meet New Information Requirements
Mark Eigenraam, Gary Stoneham, Craig Beverly and James Todd, Department of Primary Industries, Economics and Policy Research Branch, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Primary Industries, Rutherglen Research Institute, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia  

Allocation of Costs and Benefits in the Water Framework Directive - a Dutch Exploration
Marlies Batterink, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Hague, the Netherlands 

Japanese Water Management Systems from an Economic Perspective: The Agricultural Sector
Hiroaki Kobayashi, Faculty of Economics and Business, Wako University, Tokyo, Japan  

Asset fixity and environmental policy - An application to water quality management
Ahmed Hafi, Anna Heaney and Wayne Gordon, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Canberra, Australia

Water Quantity and Quality Issues in Mediterranean Agriculture
José Albiac, Yolanda Martinez and Javier Tapia, Unidad de Economia Agraria, CITA, Zaragoza, Spain   

Nutrient Trading - A Water Quality Solution?
Suzie Greenhalgh and Mindy Selman, World Resources Institute, Washington D.C., United States 

PART II
SOCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO AGRICULTURE'S USE AND IMPACT ON WATER RESOURCES

China's Agricultural Water Policy Reforms
Bin Lui, Department of Water Management, Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing, China

Developing Economic Arrangements for Water Resources Management -- The Potential of Stakeholder-oriented Water Valuation
Leon Hermans, Gerardo van Halsema, Daniel Renault, Water Resources, Land and Water Development Division, FAO, Rome, Italy  

Managing the risks associated with importing irrigation water into the Clare Valley, South Australia
Laurie Poppleton, Paul Howe and Tony Thomson,  South Australian Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation

The Spanish Programme of Improvement and Modernisation of Traditional Irrigation Systems
Pablo Pindado, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Madrid, Spain  

PART III
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATED TO AGRICULTURE'S IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY, QUANTITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS

Balancing Consumptive and Environmental Water Use - an Australian Perspective
Christine Schweizer and Judy Lai, Land, Water and Coasts Division, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government, Canberra, Australia

Advances in Meteorological (Weather and Climate) Applications and their Potential Benefits to Agricultural and Water Resources Management
Bruce Stewart, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  

Integrated Water Resources Management
Atef Kassem, Terence McRae and Maurice Sydor, Environment Canada, Ottawa   

Evaluating the Agronomic Sustanability of the In-field Rainwater Harvesting Technique
J.J. Botha, L.D. van Rensburg, J.J. Anderson and M. Hensley, ARC - Institute for Soil, Climate and Waterm and the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa

Meeting Environmental Outcomes - A Planning Framework
Stephen Beare, Ray Hinde, Anna Heaney, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Canberra, Australia
Terry Hillman, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Ilan Salbe, New South Wales Department of Natural Resources, Sydney, Australia

Paddy Field Characteristics in Water Use: Experience in Asia
Kazumi Yamaoka, National Institute for Rural Engineering (NIRE), Ibaraki-ken, Japan  

SIGRIA (Information System on Water Management for Irrigation): a tool to support national and local decision-making processes for irrigation
Guido Bonati, Andrea Fais, Pasquale Nino, INEA-Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria, Roma, Italy

Irrigation Sustainability in the Land Use/Soil System in South Italy: Results from a GIS Simplified Approach and Future Methodological Developments
Andrea Fais, Pasquale Nino, MIPAF-Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria, Rome, Italy
Rosario Napoli, Paolo Bazzoffi, CRA-Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy
Nicola Laruccia, Private Consultant, Rovato, Italy    

Catchment-Sensitive Farming: Tackling Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture in England -- Policies and Drivers
Soheila Amin-Hanjani and Russell Todd, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), London, United Kingdom  

Tool for Monitoring and Evaluating the On-farm Environment Management and Nutrient Use on Finnish Cattle Farms
Elina Nikkola, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki; and Kaisa Tolonen, ProAgria Association of Rural Advisory Centres, Vantaa, Finland   

Farmed Livestock as a Source of Microbial Contamination of Water
Philip Journeaux, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand

Pesticide Risk Management and Profiling Tool:'PRoMPTing' a science-based approach to mitigating the risks of water quality impacts from pesticide use in agriculture
M.J. Whelan, C. Walter, B.G. Smith, Unilever Colworth, Sharnbrook, Bedford, United Kingdom; and D. Pendlington, Unilever NV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sensitive Areas Designation as Essential Need of Water Protection Policy
Pavol Bielek, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic  

Water and Soil Management System for Water Conservation in a Watershed
S.O. Hur, K.H. Jung, Y.K. Sonn, S.Y. Hong and S.K. Ha, Soil Management Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea

Virtual Water and Agriculture in the Context of Sustainable Development
Brigitte Decrausaz, Federal Office of Agriculture, Berne, Switzerland

PART IV
INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES FOR AGRICULTURAL WATER GOVERNANCE

Institutional Overview from an Australian Perspective - With Particular Reference to the Murray-Darling Basin
Wendy Craik, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra, Australia  

Victoria's Our Water Our Future Program -- Benefiting Our Agriculture Sector, Communities and the Environment
Kate Houghton and Conrad McDonald, Policy Integration, Water Sector Group, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria, Australia   

New Zealand's Sustainable Water Programme of Action
Rebecca Martel (presented by Phil Journeaux), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Hamilton, New Zealand  

The Spanish National Irrigation Plan
Ángel Barbero, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Madrid, Spain  

Irrigation water providers and environmentally sustainable outcomes -- examples of governance arrangements from Australia and Spain
Jennifer McKay, University of South Australia, Australia

Progress with Water Allocation Reform in South Africa
Ashwin R. Seetal, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

The Challenge of Reconciling Water and Agricultural Policies - The Role of Public Hearings
Denis Boutin, Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs, Québec, Canada  

Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Agriculture: An Action Programme towards Protecting Water Resources in Walloon Region (Belgium)
Charles Hendricks, Richard Lambert, Xavier Sauvenier and Alain Peeters, Grassland Ecology Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium  

Food Consumption Trends and Pressure on Freswater Resources
Jan Lundqvist, Stockholm International Water Institute, Stockholm, Sweden  

Water for Food and Ecosystems: A Double Priority for Human Development - Challenges and Perspectives
Daniel Renault, Water Resources Development and Management Service, FAO, Rome, Italy  

ROOM DOCUMENTS

Room Document N°2 -- Water information for Australia
Dr Mette Creaser and Dr Michael Vardon, Centre of Environment and Energy Statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Belconnen, Australia