Recent attempts to modernise irrigation tanks with a focus on physical rehabilitation, but little institutional development to maintain and manage them, have resulted in a vicious cycle. With the lack of maintenance and upkeep, rehabilitated tanks soon fall into disrepair, necessitating a new rou...
Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy
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Gomathinayagam, P.
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Shah, Tushaar
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[Rejuvenating irrigation tanks through local institutions]
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Rejuvenating irrigation tanks through local institutions
Shah, Tushaar
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Singh, Om Prakash
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[Irrigation development and rural poverty in Gujarat, India: a disaggregated analysis]
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Irrigation development and rural poverty in Gujarat, India: a disaggregated analysis
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, Tushaar
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Giordano, Mark
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options]
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Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options
This paper seeks to identify some promising policy options which could be part of a strategic and holistic effort to address India's future water challenges. Significant increases in agricultural water productivity would be a major factor in reducing the need for developing new water sources. Cro...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Shah, Tushaar
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McCornick, Peter G.
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[Seeking calm water: exploring policy options for India's water future]
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Seeking calm water: exploring policy options for India's water future
The smallholder irrigators of Pakistan have been under squeeze due to rising energy costs, as they depend heavily on pump and tractor owners for irrigation water and agricultural operations. The recent trends of perpetual increase in the energy prices in general, and diesel prices in particular, ...
Ul-Hassan, Mehmood
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Shah, Tushaar
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Ur Rehman, S.
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Khattak, M.Z.
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Tanwir, F.
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Saboor, A.
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Lashari, Bakhshal K.
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[Diesel price hike and the energy squeeze on Pakistan's smallholder irrigators]
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Diesel price hike and the energy squeeze on Pakistan's smallholder irrigators
Shah, Tushaar
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[Needed: a new monsoon strategy: the focus should be on groundwater recharge]
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Needed: a new monsoon strategy: the focus should be on groundwater recharge
Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
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Akhtar, M.
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Shah, Tushaar
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[Role of changing energy pricing policies on groundwater development in Pakistan]
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Role of changing energy pricing policies on groundwater development in Pakistan
Shah, Tushaar
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[Governing the groundwater economy: comparative analysis of national institutions and policies in South Asia, China and Mexico]
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Governing the groundwater economy: comparative analysis of national institutions and policies in South Asia, China and Mexico