Using secondary data generated from three rounds (31st, 48th and 54th) of the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) of India, a macro-level estimate of the spread of markets for groundwater supported pump irrigation services in India was derived for two periods of time, 1976- 1977 and 1997-1...
Mukherji, Aditi
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[Spatio-temporal analysis of markets for groundwater irrigation services in India: 1976-1977 to 1997-1998]
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Spatio-temporal analysis of markets for groundwater irrigation services in India: 1976-1977 to 1997-1998
South Asia in general and India in particular is heavily dependent on groundwater for supporting its largely agrarian population. Informal pump irrigation services markets have played an important role in providing access to irrigation to millions of small and marginal farmers and had positive eq...
Mukherji, Aditi
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[The energy-irrigation nexus and its impact on groundwater markets in eastern Indo-Gangetic basin: Evidence from West Bengal, India]
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The energy-irrigation nexus and its impact on groundwater markets in eastern Indo-Gangetic basin: Evidence from West Bengal, India
Mukherji, Aditi
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Shah, Tushaar
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[Groundwater socio-ecology and governance: a review of institutions and policies in selected countries]
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Groundwater socio-ecology and governance: a review of institutions and policies in selected countries
Groundwater is now a major source of agricultural water supply in many parts of the world. The value of groundwater as a new source of supply is well known. However, its additional buffering or stabilization value is less appreciated and even less analysed. Knowledge on groundwater's stabilizatio...
Shah, Tushaar
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Giordano, Mark
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options]
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Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options
Mukherji, Aditi
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[Poverty, groundwater, electricity and agrarian politics: Understanding the linkages in West Bengal]
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Poverty, groundwater, electricity and agrarian politics: Understanding the linkages in West Bengal
Mukherji, Aditi
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[Spatio-temporal analysis of markets for groundwater irrigation services in India: 1976-77 to 1997-98]
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Spatio-temporal analysis of markets for groundwater irrigation services in India: 1976-77 to 1997-98
Community-based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) has been promoted as part of the development discourse on sustainable natural resources management since the mid-1980s. It has influenced recent water policy in Bangladesh through the Guidelines for Participatory Water Management (GPWM) where c...
Dewan, C.
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Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[The imposition of participation?: the case of participatory water management in coastal Bangladesh]
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The imposition of participation?: the case of participatory water management in coastal Bangladesh
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].
This highlight compares data on wells and tube wells, diesel and electric pumps from four sources, namely, Minor Irrigation Census (MIC), Agricultural Census (Ag), Input Survey (InS) and statistics from State Electricity Boards (SEBs) and/ or the State Statistical Bureaus for four time periods re...
Rawat, S.
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Poor state of irrigation statistics in India: the case of wells and tube wells.]
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Poor state of irrigation statistics in India: the case of wells and tube wells.
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