→\tThis brief reports the results of a systematic review on the effects of 34 farming practices on water management in agriculture (i.e. water use efficiency, water consumption, soil water retention, water quality and nutrients leaching and run-off).\n→\tThe analysis identifies 10 farming practices that are potentially beneficial to reduce water use quantity and 13 for improving water quality, with a total of 15 farming practices that can enhance water management in agriculture.\n→\tThe following farming practices have at least two positive effects: crop residue management, mulching, cover and catch crops, buffer strips and small wetlands, soil amendment with biochar, water-saving irrigation practices in flooded and non-flooded lands, grassland management, and no tillage and reduced tillage.
