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This interactive poster was presented at the 2013 Stockholm World Water Week. It describes the results of a 'public good game' carried out with farmers in the polder zones of coastal Bangladesh in order to understand determinants of contributions to maintain a public good.


Buisson, Marie-CharlotteDas, ArijitMukherji, Aditi[What determines contribution to a common fund for upkeep of water infrastructures? Evidence from experimental game in Coastal Bangladesh]What determines contribution to a common fund for upkeep of water infrastructures? Evidence from experimental game in Coastal Bangladesh

The authors were asked to answer the question ?small-scale irrigation: is this the future??. Taking as a starting point the analyses and of the IWMI-FAO-ADB study on Revitalizing Asia?s Irrigation and its key strategies, the paper compares atomistic irrigation, traditional small-scale and large-s...

In most countries and river basins, additional development of irrigation at whatever scale is not an option and the focus will be on improving the productivity and sustainability of existing systems. In areas where irrigation development is still possible, options remain open. Demography, market ...

The paper explores tactics and strategies for the modernization of existing and the potential for new large-scale systems and for supporting and sustaining atomistic and small-scale irrigation, institutional and policy innovations, and tools to facilitate dynamic planning and management of the se...

A considerable body of knowledge exists on how to support these strategies, transform large-scale irrigation systems and promote various forms of atomistic, small-scale and large-scale irrigation systems. Tools that support long-term sectoral planning and management for future investment and the ...

We need to move from competition and conflict between atomistic, small-scale and large-scale irrigation to a fluid logic of complementarily, combination and convergence. For this to happen, the virtual reality of official agency outlooks, imported frameworks, and descriptions of the sectors and t...

Changing the outlook of the sector and effecting the necessary structural and policy reforms, which are required to change decision-making on future investments in the sector will be difficult. Capacity building and changing practice and results on the ground, together with the adoption of robust...


Facon, T.Mukherji, Aditi[Small-scale irrigation: is this the future?]Small-scale irrigation: is this the future?
Mukherji, Aditi[Two faces of energy irrigation nexus in West Bengal, India: high flat rate electricity tariff and escalating diesel prices]Two faces of energy irrigation nexus in West Bengal, India: high flat rate electricity tariff and escalating diesel prices

As a part of the ongoing power sectors reforms in India, the state of West Bengal is in the process of metering agricultural electricity supply. Based on primary data, this paper presents a first cut assessment of this initiative. Results suggest that the majority of the pump owners benefit from ...


Mukherji, AditiDas, B.Majumdar, N.Nayak, N. C.Sethi, R. R.Sharma, Bharat R.Banerjee, Partha Sarathi[Metering of agricultural power supply in West Bengal, India: who gains and who loses?]Metering of agricultural power supply in West Bengal, India: who gains and who loses?

West Bengal is a state of plentiful rainfall and high groundwater potential. It is also one of the poorer states in India. In view of this, many agencies such as RBI and the World Bank have recommended groundwater irrigation as a tool for poverty alleviation. West Bengal had recorded high agricul...


Mukherji, Aditi[Against the dominant discourse: making a case for groundwater irrigation for poverty alleviation in West Bengal, India]Against the dominant discourse: making a case for groundwater irrigation for poverty alleviation in West Bengal, India

This paper deals with three different, yet related issues of groundwater use, viz. economics, ethics and politics. One of the most important ethical dilemmas of global groundwater use is that its positive impact on food security, incomes of the poor and poverty alleviation are relatively under-es...


Mukherji, Aditi[Economics, ethics and politics of groundwater: Evidence from West Bengal, India]Economics, ethics and politics of groundwater: Evidence from West Bengal, India

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[Spatio-temporal analysis of markets for groundwater irrigation services in India: 1976-1977 to 1997-1998]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[The energy-irrigation nexus and its impact on groundwater markets in eastern Indo-Gangetic basin: Evidence from West Bengal, India]The energy-irrigation nexus and its impact on groundwater markets in eastern Indo-Gangetic basin: Evidence from West Bengal, India
Mukherji, AditiShah, Tushaar[Groundwater socio-ecology and governance: a review of institutions and policies in selected countries]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, TushaarGiordano, MarkMukherji, Aditi[Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options]Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options

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