The plains of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin, encompassing Bangladesh, Nepal terai and eastern India, are home to a quarter of the world’s rural poor. The basin’s copious aquifers are the biggest hope for millions of smallholders locked into unviable agriculture.
Studies suggest shallo...
Shah, Tushaar
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Verma, Shilp
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Rai, Gyan P.
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Durga, Neha
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[Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution]
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Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
In the classical model of irrigation efficiency, all water applied to the crop is treated as consumed or lost while the integrated basin view of irrigation efficiency views only the effective evapo-transpiration as the consumptive use in irrigation. In either case, increased water efficiency at f...
Verma, Shilp
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[Promoting micro irrigation in India: a review of evidence and recent developments]
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Promoting micro irrigation in India: a review of evidence and recent developments
Verma, Shilp
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Tsephal, S.
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Jose, T.
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[Promoting micro-irrigation in India: lessons from Maikaal]
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Promoting micro-irrigation in India: lessons from Maikaal
Durga, Neha
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Verma, Shilp
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Gupta, N.
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Kiran, R.
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Pathak, A.
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[Can solar pumps energize Bihar's agriculture?]
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Can solar pumps energize Bihar's agriculture?
Verma, Shilp
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Phansalkar, Sanjiv J.
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[India's water future 2050: potential deviations from 'business-as-usual']
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India's water future 2050: potential deviations from 'business-as-usual'
Synthesising the lessons of a two year collaborative research programme by researchers and NGOs, this paper suggests that improved water control strategies, designed after taking contextual factors of resource conditions and socio-ecology into consideration, have a high potential for redressing t...
Phansalkar, Sanjiv J.
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Verma, Shilp
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[Improved water control as strategy for enhancing tribal livelihoods]
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Improved water control as strategy for enhancing tribal livelihoods
Phansalkar, S. J.
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Verma, Shilp
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[El manejo del agua y las tribus en la India: oportunidades, restricciones y estrategias, Water management and tribals in India: opportunities, barriers and strategies]
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Water management and tribals in India: opportunities, barriers and strategies
Verma, Shilp
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Shah, Tushaar
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[Beyond digging and filling holes: maximizing the net positive impact of MGNREGA [Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act].]
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Beyond digging and filling holes: maximizing the net positive impact of MGNREGA [Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act].