Water-use efficiency and productivity improvements towards a sustainable pathway for meeting future water demand

- Meeting future demand for food must be achieved through a transition to sustainable food and agriculture.
- Improvements in water-use efficiency are key for water and food security and to achieve SDG6.
- Water managers and irrigation groups are concerned about efficiencies.
- Farmers are more motivated by agricultural productivity than water-use efficiency.
- Public policy covers objectives and measures for both efficiency and productivity.
- Case-specific blend of management, technological, economic and governance options must be considered.