South Asia's groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region's perverse energy-groundwater nexus. In much of South Asia, the price of energy used in irrigation, the only surrogate for water price, fa...
Shah, Tushaar
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Rajan, Abhishek
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Rai, Gyan Prakash
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Verma, Shilp
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Durga, Neha
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[Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future]
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Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future
Durga, Neha
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Verma, Shilp
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Gupta, N.
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Kiran, R.
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Pathak, A.
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[Can solar pumps energize Bihar's agriculture?]
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Can solar pumps energize Bihar's agriculture?
Verma, Shilp
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Phansalkar, Sanjiv J.
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[India's water future 2050: potential deviations from 'business-as-usual']
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India's water future 2050: potential deviations from 'business-as-usual'
Synthesising the lessons of a two year collaborative research programme by researchers and NGOs, this paper suggests that improved water control strategies, designed after taking contextual factors of resource conditions and socio-ecology into consideration, have a high potential for redressing t...
Phansalkar, Sanjiv J.
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Verma, Shilp
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[Improved water control as strategy for enhancing tribal livelihoods]
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Improved water control as strategy for enhancing tribal livelihoods
Namara, Regassa E.
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Hussain, I.
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Bossio, Deborah A.
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Verma, Shilp
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[Innovative land and water management approaches in Asia: Productivity impacts, adoption prospects and poverty outreach]
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Innovative land and water management approaches in Asia: Productivity impacts, adoption prospects and poverty outreach
In September 2003, the government of Gujarat introduced the Jyotirgram Yojana to improve rural power supply. Two major changes have since taken place: (a) villages get 24 hour three-phase power supply for domestic use, in schools, hospitals, village industries, all subject to metered tariff; and ...
Shah, Tushaar
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Verma, Shilp
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[Co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat's Jyotirgram Scheme]
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Co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat's Jyotirgram Scheme
Drip irrigation, in its various forms, is the dominant mode of micro-irrigation in India. The benefits of these technologies in water scarce regions have been widely studied all over the world. A review of literature on drip-irrigation technologies strongly suggests that there are significant fin...
Pavelic, Paul
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Villholth, Karen G.
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Verma, Shilp
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[Identifying the barriers and pathways forward for expanding the use of groundwater for irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Identifying the barriers and pathways forward for expanding the use of groundwater for irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa