This book provides detailed insight of conditions of water flows within nine river basins and summarizes the outcome of those nine basins, providing a coherent global picture of water, water productivity and development.

Acknowledgements. Preface Asit K. Biswas Part 1: The Basin Focal Projects 1. Introduction to Part One 2. The Andes Basins: Biophysical and Developmental Diversity in A Climate of Change 3. The Indus and The Ganges: River Basins under Extreme Pressure 4. The Karkheh River Basin: The Food Basket of Iran Under Pressure 5. Vulnerable Populations, Unreliable Water and Low Water Productivity: A Role for Institutions in the Limpopo Basin 6. The Mekong: A Diverse Basin Facing the Tensions of Development 7. Water, Agriculture and Poverty in The Niger River Basin 8. The Nile Basin: Tapping the Unmet Agricultural Potential of Nile Waters 9. Farming Systems and Food Production in the Volta Basin 10. Yellow River Basin: Living with Scarcity Part 2: Cross-Basin Analysis and Synthesis 11. Water, Food and Poverty: Global - and Basin-Scale - Analysis 12. Water Availability and Use Across the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) Basins 13. Producing More Food with Less Water in a Changing World: Assessment of Water Productivity in 10 Major River Basins 14. The Resilience of Big River Basins 15. The Nature and Impact of Climate Change in the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) Basins 16. Connections between Poverty, Water and Agriculture: Evidence from 10 River Basins 17. Institutions and Organizations: The Key to Sustainable Management of Resources in River Basins