Even though there has been increasing development of water management technologies over the years, the adoption rate by the farmers is comparatively small ranging from only 15-20%. Hence it is timely to look at the return to water management research investment to fine tune investment in future r...
Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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Kumar, D.S.
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Challamuthu, S.
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Chandrasekaran, B.
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Ranganathan, C.R.
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Giordano, Mark
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[Do investments in water management research pay?: an analysis of water management research in India.]
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Do investments in water management research pay?: an analysis of water management research in India.
Giordano, Mark
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Shah, Tushaar
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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Giordano, Meredith A.
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[Innovations in agricultural water management: new challenges require new solutions.]
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Innovations in agricultural water management: new challenges require new solutions.
In this Highlight, historical antecedents of energy-irrigation nexus in India are examined and it has been found that its genesis lies in policy decision taken over two decades ago to supply unmetered electricity to farmers. This has led to a number of problems, most important of which is lack of...
Mukherji, Aditi
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Shah, Tushaar
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Giordano, Mark
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[Managing energy-irrigation nexus in India: a typology of state interventions.]
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Managing energy-irrigation nexus in India: a typology of state interventions.
Groundwater is now a major source of agricultural water supply in many parts of the world. The value of groundwater as a new source of supply is well known. However, its additional buffering or stabilization value is less appreciated and even less analysed. Knowledge on groundwater?s stabilizatio...
Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Giordano, Mark
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Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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Ranganathan, C.R.
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[The stabilization value of groundwater: evidence from Indian tank irrigation systems.]
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The stabilization value of groundwater: evidence from Indian tank irrigation systems.
Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered opportunities to India?s small-holder-based irrigation economy but has now generated in its wake myriad economic, social, ...
Shah, Tushaar
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Giordano, Mark
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options.]
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Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options.
As economies develop and societies change, emerging sets of challenges are placed on water resources and its governance. Population growth and economic development tend to drive the demand for more water, and push river basins into situations of scarcity. Agriculture, globally the largest user of...
David, S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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Shah, Tushaar
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Bin, D.
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Giordano, Mark
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Sanford, Luke
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[Governing to grow enough food without enough water?second best solutions show the way]
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Governing to grow enough food without enough water?second best solutions show the way
Climate change will affect water supplies in south Asia, where high-intensity floods and droughts are expected in the future. Increasing water storage is a key adaptation strategy, and the experience of irrigation tanks illustrates both the potential and challenges of this adaptation response. Al...
Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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Giordano, Mark
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[Climate change and water supplies: options for sustaining tank irrigation potential in India]
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Climate change and water supplies: options for sustaining tank irrigation potential in India
Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din
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Giordano, Mark
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Turral, Hugh
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Masih, Ilyas
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Masood, Zubair
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[At what scale does water saving really save water?]
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At what scale does water saving really save water?
Liao, Yongsong
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Giordano, Mark
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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[An empirical analysis of the impacts of irrigation pricing reforms in China]
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An empirical analysis of the impacts of irrigation pricing reforms in China
Giordano, Mark
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[Agricultural groundwater use and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa: A first-cut assessment]
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Agricultural groundwater use and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa: A first-cut assessment