This study was conducted in two Indian states of Punjab (in the north) and Karnataka (in the south). An analysis of long term trends in groundwater development and agricultural growth in Karnataka shows two things. First, the growth in irrigation was largely contributed by expansion of groundwate...
Mukherji, Aditi
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[Innovations in managing the agriculture, energy and groundwater nexus: evidence from two states in India.]
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Innovations in managing the agriculture, energy and groundwater nexus: evidence from two states in India.
Sharma, Bharat R.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Groundwater and food security in South Asia: challenges and opportunities. [Invited Paper]]
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Groundwater and food security in South Asia: challenges and opportunities. [Invited Paper]
Sharma, Bharat R.
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Groundwater and agriculture development in South Asia: trends, institutional responses and policy options]
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Groundwater and agriculture development in South Asia: trends, institutional responses and policy options
Rivera, A.
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Sahuquillo, A.
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Andreu, J.
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Opportunities of conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water]
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Opportunities of conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water
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.
Mukherji, Aditi
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[Groundwater socio ecology of South Asia: result of a survey of 2630 tubewell owners in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal]
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Groundwater socio ecology of South Asia: result of a survey of 2630 tubewell owners in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal
In the past decades, both upstream and downstream countries ofthe Blue Nile Basin (BNB) had developed and adopted several policies and strategies related to land and water management. Yet there are important policy and institutional gaps that irnpeded adoption of improved land and water managemen...
Haileslassie, Amare
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Peden, Donald G.
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Ahmed, A.A.
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Gebreselassie, S.
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Tafesse, T.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Institutions and policy in the Blue Nile Basin: understanding challenges and opportunities for improved land and water management.]
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Institutions and policy in the Blue Nile Basin: understanding challenges and opportunities for improved land and water management.
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
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.
The purpose of the evaluation was to quantify the impact of the recent policy change in West Bengal relating to the pricing of electricity from a flat rate tariff to metered tariff. The study attempted to assess its impact on the total number of hours pumped, especially in the summer season, and ...