Provides a socioeconomic analysis of Minor Irrigation (MI) investments in North Bengal. The study addresses the following questions: whether there is justification and rationale for MI subsidies in North Bengal; whether the North Bengal Terai Development Project's current subsidy policy achieves ...
Shah, Tushaar
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[Elixir or opiate?: an assessment of minor irrigation policies in North Bengal]
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Elixir or opiate?: an assessment of minor irrigation policies in North Bengal
Shah, Tushaar
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[Decentralized water harvesting and groundwater recharge: can these save Saurastra and Kutch from desiccation. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002]
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Decentralized water harvesting and groundwater recharge: can these save Saurastra and Kutch from desiccation. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
Deb Roy, A.
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Shah, Tushaar
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[Socio-ecology of groundwater irrigation in India. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002]
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Socio-ecology of groundwater irrigation in India. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
Shah, Tushaar
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Desai, R.
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[Creative destruction: is that how Gujarat is adapting to groundwater depletion?: a synthesis of 30 ITP studies. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002]
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Creative destruction: is that how Gujarat is adapting to groundwater depletion?: a synthesis of 30 ITP studies. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
In the arid and semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan, tanks and ponds have been a mainstay of rural communities for centuries. This paper assesses a rehabilitation strategy proposed for 1200 large tanks. It argues that treating tanks only as flow irrigation systems is very likely to result in a fl...
Shah, Tushaar
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Raju, K. V.
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[Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002]
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Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
Thanks to farmers? resistance to provide land for constructing watercourses below the outlets, India?s famous Sardar Sarovar Project is stuck in an impasse. Against a potential to serve 1.8 million hectares, the Project was irrigating just 100,000 hectares five years after the dam and main canals...
Shah, Tushaar
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Krishnan, S.
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Hemant, P.
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Verma, S.
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Chandra, A.
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Sudhir, C.
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[A case for pipelining water distribution in the Narmada Irrigation System in Gujarat, India]
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A case for pipelining water distribution in the Narmada Irrigation System in Gujarat, India
These notes present the impressions gathered by a team of Indian and Pakistani economists on contemporary issues in irrigation management in these two countries. The authors suggest that the two countries can learn important lessons by comparing notes on several issues: [a] what would work best i...
Shah, Tushaar
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Hussain, Intizar
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Saeed ur Rehman
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[Irrigation management in Pakistan and India: comparing notes on institutions and policies]
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Irrigation management in Pakistan and India: comparing notes on institutions and policies
Verma, Shilp
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Kashyap, D.
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Shah, Tushaar
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Crettaz, M.
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Sikka, Alok
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[Solar Irrigation for Agriculture Resilience (SoLAR): a new SDC [Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation]-IWMI regional partnership]
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Solar Irrigation for Agriculture Resilience (SoLAR): a new SDC [Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation]-IWMI regional partnership