Descubre y comparte nuestro conocimiento público

Se han encontrado 275 recursos

Resultados de búsqueda

Traditionally, Indian farmers kept bovines, especially cattle, for draught purposes in agriculture and transportation with milk as an adjunct. However, with increasing farm mechanization and rising demand for milk, the bovine functions have shifted more towards dairying. While bovine population h...


Kishore, A.Birthal, P.S.Joshi, Pramod K.Shah, TushaarSaini, A.[Patterns and drivers of dairy development in India: insights from analysis of household and district-level data]Patterns and drivers of dairy development in India: insights from analysis of household and district-level data

Besides India, there are a few other countries like Mexico, Spain, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China which also make intensive use of groundwater. This highlight reviews groundwater institutions and policies in these countries, with a special focus on the interlinkages between energy and groundwater...


Mukherji, AditiShah, Tushaar[A review of international experience in managing energy irrigation nexus.]A review of international experience in managing energy irrigation nexus.
Shah, TushaarAmarasinghe, Upali A.[River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?]River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?
Giordano, MarkShah, TushaarFraiture, Charlotte deGiordano, Meredith A.[Innovations in agricultural water management: new challenges require new solutions.]Innovations in agricultural water management: new challenges require new solutions.

This Highlight reports on the trip, which included a field visit to newly-modernized Shijin irrigation system in Hebei province. If the Shijin system is any guide, three elements of China?s irrigation modernization strategy are: [a] total rehabilitation of old, earthen systems into modern, lined ...


Shah, TushaarMohatadulla, KhalidQureshi, Asad Sarwar[Irrigation modernization: Chinese style - Report on a field visit to Shijin Irrigation System, Hebei Province [China]]Irrigation modernization: Chinese style - Report on a field visit to Shijin Irrigation System, Hebei Province [China]

In this Highlight, historical antecedents of energy-irrigation nexus in India are examined and it has been found that its genesis lies in policy decision taken over two decades ago to supply unmetered electricity to farmers. This has led to a number of problems, most important of which is lack of...


Mukherji, AditiShah, TushaarGiordano, Mark[Managing energy-irrigation nexus in India: a typology of state interventions.]Managing energy-irrigation nexus in India: a typology of state interventions.

Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered opportunities to India?s small-holder-based irrigation economy but has now generated in its wake myriad economic, social, ...


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.

As economies develop and societies change, emerging sets of challenges are placed on water resources and its governance. Population growth and economic development tend to drive the demand for more water, and push river basins into situations of scarcity. Agriculture, globally the largest user of...


David, S.Lautze, JonathanShah, TushaarBin, D.Giordano, MarkSanford, Luke[Governing to grow enough food without enough water?second best solutions show the way]Governing to grow enough food without enough water?second best solutions show the way
Autor: Shah, Tushaar

The government's Groundwater Recharge Master Plan reflects belated recognition of the growing criticality of groundwater for the Indian economy. The plan aims to raise post-monsoon groundwater levels to three metres below ground level through annual "managed artificial recharge? of 36.4 km3 by co...


Shah, Tushaar[India's master plan for groundwater recharge: an assessment and some suggestions for revision]India's master plan for groundwater recharge: an assessment and some suggestions for revision

India's water sector is crying for institutional and policy reforms. Its public irrigation systems are performing far below par. As a direct consequence, farmers are turning to groundwater for their irrigation needs. Booming groundwater irrigation has become the mainstay of Indian farming but it ...


Shah, TushaarGiordano, MarkWang, Jinxia[Irrigation institutions in a dynamic economy: What is China doing differently from India?]Irrigation institutions in a dynamic economy: What is China doing differently from India?

Selecciona los documentos para visualizarlos

Nombre del archivo Ver recurso