Two decisions taken by the Government of West Bengal, one, to facilitate easier extraction of groundwater, and the other, the application of a fixed connection fee for an electricity connection to farmers could well lead to a quantum leap in agricultural production.
Mukherji, Aditi
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Shah, Tushaar
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Banerjee, Partha Sarathi
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[Kick-starting a second green revolution in Bengal [India].]
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Kick-starting a second green revolution in Bengal [India].
In the past decades, both upstream and downstream countries ofthe Blue Nile Basin (BNB) had developed and adopted several policies and strategies related to land and water management. Yet there are important policy and institutional gaps that irnpeded adoption of improved land and water managemen...
Haileslassie, Amare
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Peden, Donald G.
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Ahmed, A.A.
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Gebreselassie, S.
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Tafesse, T.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Institutions and policy in the Blue Nile Basin: understanding challenges and opportunities for improved land and water management.]
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Institutions and policy in the Blue Nile Basin: understanding challenges and opportunities for improved land and water management.
This paper tells the story of trade-off between hydropower and irrigation and its implications for groundwater use in Syrdarya basin in Central Asia. With the independence of the central Asian republics, this trade-off has become a transboundary issue. Efforts to coordinate bilateral action using...
Karimov, Akmal A.
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Giordano, Mark
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Mukherji, Aditi
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Borisov, Vecheslav
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Djumanov, Jamol
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[Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia]
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Of transboundary basins, integrated water resources management (IWRM) and second best solutions: the case of groundwater banking in Central Asia
Besides India, there are a few other countries like Mexico, Spain, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China which also make intensive use of groundwater. This highlight reviews groundwater institutions and policies in these countries, with a special focus on the interlinkages between energy and groundwater...
Mukherji, Aditi
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Shah, Tushaar
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[A review of international experience in managing energy irrigation nexus.]
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A review of international experience in managing energy irrigation nexus.
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.