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Shah, ManishaChowdhury, Sujata DasShah, Tushaar[Pro-poor farm power policy for West Bengal: analytical background for a policy pilot]Pro-poor farm power policy for West Bengal: analytical background for a policy pilot

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?
Shah, Tushaar[India's groundwater irrigation economy: The Challenge of balancing livelihoods and environment]India's groundwater irrigation economy: The Challenge of balancing livelihoods and environment

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.Amarasinghe, Upali A.Xueliang CaiCondappa, D. deShah, TushaarMukherji, AditiBharati, LunaAmbili, G.K.Qureshi, Asad SarwarPant, DhrubaXenarios, StefanosSingh, R.Smakhtin, Vladimir U.Amarasinghe, Upali A.Xueliang CaiCondappa, D. deShah, TushaarMukherji, AditiBharati, LunaAmbili, G.K.Qureshi, Asad SarwarPant, DhrubaXenarios, StefanosSingh, R.Smakhtin, Vladimir U.[The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure.]The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure.

This paper shows that winds of change are blowing in the dry zones of north-central Sri Lanka, the original hydraulic civilisation of the world. The social organisation of tank irrigation - which for centuries had combined a stylised land-use pattern, a system of highly differentiated property ri...


Shah, TushaarSamad, MadarAriyaratne, Badugodahewa RanjithJinapala, K.[Ancient small-tank irrigation in Sri Lanka: continuity and change]Ancient small-tank irrigation in Sri Lanka: continuity and change

Smallholder irrigation is emerging as a development priority in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on a survey of 1554 smallholders from nine countries, this paper compares rainfed farming with gravity-flow, manual-lift and motor-pump irrigation. Motor-pump-irrigation farmers reported the highest net valu...


Shah, TushaarVerma, S.Pavelic, Paul[Understanding smallholder irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a sample survey from nine countries]Understanding smallholder irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a sample survey from nine countries

Prioritising aviral dhara (uninterrupted flow) over nirmal dhara (unpolluted flow) can deliver quick outcomes in the Namami Gange Programme. Treating human, municipal and industrial waste released into the Ganga is a long-term project requiring vast resources and political energy, besides behavio...


Shah, TushaarRajan, Abhishek[Cleaning the Ganga: rethinking irrigation is key]Cleaning the Ganga: rethinking irrigation is key

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