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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.[The National River Linking Project [NRLP] of India: some contentious issues.]The National River Linking Project [NRLP] of India: some contentious issues.

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.Malik, Ravinder Paul SinghSharma, Bharat R.[Overcoming growing water scarcity: exploring potential improvements in water productivity in India]Overcoming growing water scarcity: exploring potential improvements in water productivity in India
Amarasinghe, Upali A.Samad, MadarAnputhas, Markandu[Spatial clustering of rural poverty and food insecurity in Sri Lanka]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, TushaarSmakhtin, 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?

Projected increases in irrigation water demand required to feed India's population have been a significant component of the justification for the ambitious and highly contentious India's National River Linking Project (NRLP), which, in its ultimate form, seeks to transfer water from relatively wa...


Amarasinghe, Upali A.McCornick, Peter G.Shah, Tushaar[Projections of irrigation water demand in India: what do recent trends suggest?]Projections of irrigation water demand in India: what do recent trends suggest?
Fraiture, Charlotte deMolden, David J.Amarasinghe, Upali A.Makin, Ian W.[Podium: Projecting water supply and demand for food production in 2025]Podium: Projecting water supply and demand for food production in 2025
Barker, RandolphScott, Christopher A.Fraiture, Charlotte deAmarasinghe, Upali A.[Global water shortages and the challenge facing Mexico]Global water shortages and the challenge facing Mexico
Fraiture, Charlotte deMolden, David J.Amarasinghe, Upali A.Makin, Ian W.[Podium: Projecting water supply and demand for food production in 2025]Podium: Projecting water supply and demand for food production in 2025
Murray-Rust, HammondSakthivadivel, RamaswamyAmarasinghe, Upali A.[Impact assessment of organizing farmers in the Gal Oya Left Bank Irrigation Scheme, Sri Lanka]Impact assessment of organizing farmers in the Gal Oya Left Bank Irrigation Scheme, Sri Lanka

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