@article{McCartney:212430,
      recid = {212430},
      author = {McCartney, Matthew and Smakhtin, Vladimir},
      title = {Water storage in an era of climate change: addressing the  challenge of increasing rainfall variability. Blue paper},
      journal = {IWMI Reports},
      address = {2010},
      number = {615-2016-40943},
      pages = {14p.},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {Rainfall variability is a key constraint to agricultural  production and economic growth in many developing  countries. This is likely to be exacerbated in many places  as rainfall variability is amplified (even where the total  amount of rain increases) as a result of climate change.  Changes in rainfall will also increase variability in  groundwater recharge and river flow, thus affecting all  water sources. Water storage, in its various forms,  provides a mechanism for dealing with variability which, if  planned and managed correctly, increases water security,  agricultural productivity and adaptive capacity. As such,  water storage can make an important contribution to  safeguarding livelihoods and reducing rural poverty.  However, ill-conceived water storage is a waste of  financial resources and, rather than mitigate, may  aggravate unpleasant climate change impacts. Systems that  combine complementary storage options are likely to be more  adaptable and acceptable than those based on a single  storage type. More systematic planning and management is  required to avoid the mistakes of the past and to ensure  more effective and suitable storage systems for the future},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212430},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.212430},
}