Factors Affecting Technology Adoption....................................................................................................16 Policies and Programs Promoting Improved Irrigation Water Management...........................................18

Water management is an important element of irrigated crop production. Efficient irrigation systems and water management practices can help maintain farm profitability in an era of limited, higher cost water supplies. Efficient water management may also reduce the impact of irrigated production on offsite water quantity and quality. However, measures to increase water-use efficiency may not be sufficient to achieve environmental goals in the absence of other adjustments within the irrigated sector. As is often the case, technology is not th