SUMMARY
In the coming decades population growth will particularly take place in the emerging and least developed countries. This implies that these countries will be confronted with the need to increase their food supply by a larger production in their own territory, may be in combination with increased imports. Having in mind the required increase in food production in combination with the need for sustainable rural development a wide range of issues is of importance. From the point of view of food production there is a common feeling that 90 % of the required increase will have to be realized on existing cultivated land and 10 % on newly reclaimed land. From the point of view of sustainable rural development, socio economic and environmental aspects play crucial roles (Schultz et al, 2005). In this paper, the focus is on irrigation of agricultural land in Montenegro.About 18% of arable land is irrigated in the world and about 40% of total food is produced on these areas, while about 13% of agricultural land is irrigated in Europe, 1.05 ³% in Montenegro. The most common type of irrigation in Montenegro is with "artificial rain", while the remaining quantities of water are affected by watercourses, submersible water, lakes, reservoirs and from the water supply network. Investing in the revitalization and construction of irrigation systems in Montenegro should focus on projects that will demonstrate the justification of investments and achieve a quick return on invested funds, which will contribute to raising the motivation, interest and spreading of irrigation in larger agricultural areas. Activities and measures must be in function of real needs that will be based on the demands of agricultural producers.