Part 1. Water for Food Security under Growing Scarcity -- Part 2. Trade for Water and Food Security - Help or Harm for the Poor?- Part 3. How to Finance Water for the Poor in a Globalized World -- Part 5. Conclusions -- Glossary.

This volume examines the various drivers of global change, including climate change, and the use of agricultural knowledge, science, and technology, as well as the outcomes of global change processes, including impacts on water quality and human well-being. Several authors examine potential policy and institutional solutions afforded by globalization to the challenges ahead, particularly the role of trade policy. Financing water development in a more globalized world and adapting to global warming are also examined.