Description: I Introduction.- 1. Improving Agricultural Use of Groundwater: Policy Issues and Further Research Directions.- II Groundwater use and the Value of Conservation.- 2. Freshwater Availability and Groundwater Use in Southern Europe.- 3. Agricultural Impacts on Groundwater: Processes, Modelling and Decision Support.- 4. Issues in the Valuation of Groundwater Benefits.- 5. Misconceptions in Aquifer Over-exploitation: Implications for Water Policy in Southern Europe.- III Groundwater Quality Management: Regulation, Economic Instruments and Voluntary Approaches.- 6. Controlling Groundwater Pollution from Agricultural Non-point Sources: an Overview of Policy Instruments.- 7. Voluntary and Compulsory Measures to Implement a More Sustainable Agriculture in Water Catchment Areas.- 8. Negotiated Agreements Between Water Suppliers and Farmers in the Context of Changing Water Networks in Europe.- 9. Negotiated Agreements on Groundwater Quality Management: a Case Study of a Private Contractual Framework for Sustainable Farming Practices.- IV Agricultural Policy and Water USE.- 10. Agricultural Policy, Environmental Impacts and Water Use Under Production Uncertainty.- 11. Agricultural Subsidies, Water Pricing and Farmers' Responses: Implications for Water Policy and CAP Reform.- 12. Socio-economic and Institutional Factors Affecting Water Resources Management in a CAP Framework.- 13. The Environmental Impacts of CAP: An Overview of the Present State of Knowledge and Research Needs.

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