Anand, the small Gujarat town that gave
India its dairy cooperave
movement, has
now spawned a new cooperave
that may
well grow into a genre of its own. The
Dhundi Solar Pump Irrigators' Cooperave
Enterprise (SPICE) provides the proof of
concept for promong
Solar Power as a
Remunerave
Crop (SPaRC...
The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana programme should concentrate on two low-hanging fruits. First, it should quickly put to use 20-40 million ha of unutilised irrigation potential created in major, medium and minor irrigation projects. Second, it should provide better quality power rations...
Shah, Tushaar
,
Mishra, G.
,
Kela, Pankaj
,
Chinnasamy, Pennan
,
[Har Khet Ko Pani?: Madhya Pradesh’s irrigation reform as a model]
,
Har Khet Ko Pani?: Madhya Pradesh’s irrigation reform as a model
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has placed agriculture and science at
the forefront of Africa’s economic development, and has provided support for the establishment
of Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) as one of its centres of excellence. The vision
is for BecA to...
Shah, Tushaar
,
Terry, Eugene R.
,
[Building the capacity of Africa for biosciences in agriculture]
,
Building the capacity of Africa for biosciences in agriculture
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, Tushaar
,
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
,
[River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?]
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River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?
Shah, Tushaar
,
Verma, Shilp
,
[Co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat's Jyotirgram Scheme]
,
Co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat's Jyotirgram Scheme
Since independence, India has emerged as the world’s largest groundwater economy, with annual groundwater use increasing from less than 50 BCM in the 1950s to over 230 BCM today. While this groundwater boom has been the bedrock of India’s agricultural growth, it has also created formidable challe...