The Indo-Gangetic Basin encompasses most of the fertile landholdings in South Asia. However, low agricultural productivity is observed in the four riparian countries - India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh - by nailing down rural welfare. Accusations are directed at the inability of water supply ...
Xenarios, Stefanos
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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[Assessing institutional and environmental parameters of agricultural water use in South Asia: evidences from the Indo-Gangetic Basin]
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Assessing institutional and environmental parameters of agricultural water use in South Asia: evidences from the Indo-Gangetic Basin
The environmental services related with agricultural water are increasingly acknowledged as a critical factor for farming development in South Asia. However, little attention is given to the demand side linked with the preservation of these services. To this aim, we conduct a stated preference ap...
Xenarios, Stefanos
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Singh, A.
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[Environmental services and agricultural water in South Asia: evidence from Indo-Gangetic Basin]
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Environmental services and agricultural water in South Asia: evidence from Indo-Gangetic Basin
Water use and landholding factors are widely acknowledged as major determinants of agricultural development in agrarian regions of the Indo-Gangetic basin (IGB). High attention is mainly given to irrigation policy while land is often apprehended through soil productivity aspects. However, the nex...
Xenarios, Stefanos
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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[Economic effects of water use and landholding scale to farming in South Asia: evidences from Indo-Gangetic basin]
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Economic effects of water use and landholding scale to farming in South Asia: evidences from Indo-Gangetic basin
Agricultural water use in agrarian economies is often state subsidized for the enhancement of agricultural productivity while poverty alleviation is also targeted. The Indian agricultural dependent states offer representative examples of undervalued irrigation services mainly sourced by canal net...
Xenarios, Stefanos
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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[Valuating agricultural water use and ecological services in agrarian economies: evidences from eastern India]
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Valuating agricultural water use and ecological services in agrarian economies: evidences from eastern India
This paper assesses water depletion of agricultural production in the Moga district of the State of Punjab. It particularly focuses on growth in agricultural production and stress on water resources induced by groundwater irrigation. Rice, wheat and forage crops comprise more than 99% of the annu...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Agriculture diversification for sustainable groundwater use: a case study in the Moga District of Punjab, India]
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Agriculture diversification for sustainable groundwater use: a case study in the Moga District of Punjab, India
Peesapaty, N
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Samad, Madar
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[Effectiveness of Andhra Pradesh [India] water land and trees act 2002 on groundwater extraction]
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Effectiveness of Andhra Pradesh [India] water land and trees act 2002 on groundwater extraction
McKay, J.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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[From colossal anarchy to sustainable development: Groundwater governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River Basins and Australia: Case studies of feasible approaches]
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From colossal anarchy to sustainable development: Groundwater governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River Basins and Australia: Case studies of feasible approaches
Sharma, Bharat R.
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[Groundwater governance in Asia: Capacity building through teaching and action research in Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River Basins]
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Groundwater governance in Asia: Capacity building through teaching and action research in Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River Basins
Cai, X.L.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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[Remote sensing and census based assessment and scope for improvement of rice and wheat water productivity in the Indo-Gangetic Basin]
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Remote sensing and census based assessment and scope for improvement of rice and wheat water productivity in the Indo-Gangetic Basin
Qureshi, A.S.
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McCornick, Peter G.
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Sarwar, A.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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[Challenges and prospects of sustainable groundwater management in the Indus Basin, Pakistan]
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Challenges and prospects of sustainable groundwater management in the Indus Basin, Pakistan