This paper examines the nexus between milk production and water use in India. The nexus is examined in the context of extended consumptive water use (CWU) of milk production beyond drinking water. It includes the real CWU (evapotranspiration (ETa) that occurs during the production of green fodder...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Shah, Tushaar
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Water-milk nexus in India: a path to a sustainable water future?]
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Water-milk nexus in India: a path to a sustainable water future?
Modern bioenergy systems are attracting increasing attention from governments in Asia as a potential solution to a range of policy problems related to energy security and sustainable development. Despite growing interest in bioenergy systems, there is still a limited understanding of how their ex...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Damen, B.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Soda, Wannipa
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Water and bioenergy a case study from the Thai ethanol sector.]
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Water and bioenergy a case study from the Thai ethanol sector.
India's National River Linking Project (NRLP), which has been on the drawing board for some three decades, is the largest inter-basin water transfer planned to date in India or elsewhere. The idea has waxed and waned depending upon the political dispensation at any given point in time. Under the ...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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[The National River Linking Project [NRLP] of India: some contentious issues.]
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The National River Linking Project [NRLP] of India: some contentious issues.
The basins of the Indus and Ganges rivers cover 2.20 million km2 and are inhabited by more than a billion people. The region is under extreme pressures of population and poverty, unregulated utilization of the resources and low levels of productivity. The needs are: (1) development policies that ...
Sharma, Bharat R.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Xueliang Cai
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Condappa, D. de
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Shah, Tushaar
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Mukherji, Aditi
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Bharati, Luna
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Ambili, G.K.
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Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
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Pant, Dhruba
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Xenarios, Stefanos
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Singh, R.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Xueliang Cai
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Condappa, D. de
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Shah, Tushaar
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Mukherji, Aditi
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Bharati, Luna
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Ambili, G.K.
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Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
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Pant, Dhruba
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Xenarios, Stefanos
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Singh, R.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure.]
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The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure.
In India, the nexus between water, food and energy has reached a tipping point. The country can no longer underestimate the crises or delay addressing the issues emanating from the nexus, which already constrain sustainable economic growth in many regions. This paper assesses the trends and turni...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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[Disentangling the water, food and energy nexus in agriculture: a policy option for India [Abstract only]]
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Disentangling the water, food and energy nexus in agriculture: a policy option for India [Abstract only]
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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Rao, M.
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Anand, S.
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Mehra, K.
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Phillip, A.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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[Water security in the Bhadrachalam catchment within the Godavari Basin: emerging issues and potential solutions. Project final report - Annexes]
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Water security in the Bhadrachalam catchment within the Godavari Basin: emerging issues and potential solutions. Project final report - Annexes
Shah, Tushaar
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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[River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?]
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River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?
Improvements in water productivity (WP) are often suggested as one of the alternative strategies for overcoming growing water scarcity in India. This paper explores the potential improvements in WP of food grains at district level, which currently varies between 0.11 and 1.01 kilogram per cubic m...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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[Overcoming growing water scarcity: exploring potential improvements in water productivity in India]
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Overcoming growing water scarcity: exploring potential improvements in water productivity in India
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Samad, Madar
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Anputhas, Markandu
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[Spatial clustering of rural poverty and food insecurity in Sri Lanka]
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Spatial clustering of rural poverty and food insecurity in Sri Lanka
This paper examines the nexus between milk production and water use in India. The nexus is examined in the context of extended consumptive water use (CWU) of milk production beyond drinking water. It includes the real CWU (evapotranspiration (ETa) that occurs during the production of green fodder...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
,
Shah, Tushaar
,
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
,
[Water-milk nexus in India: a path to a sustainable water future?]
,
Water-milk nexus in India: a path to a sustainable water future?