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...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Kafle, Kashi
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Stifel, David
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[Increasing irrigation efficiency in Jordan: demand and supply side constraints and opportunities. Report prepared by the International Water Management Institute for Mercy Corps’ “Water Innovation Technologies” Project]
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Increasing irrigation efficiency in Jordan: demand and supply side constraints and opportunities. Report prepared by the International Water Management Institute for Mercy Corps’ “Water Innovation Technologies” Project
Makin, Ian W.
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[Irrigation infrastructure for sustainable and improved agricultural productivity. Topic Guide]
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Irrigation infrastructure for sustainable and improved agricultural productivity. Topic Guide
This article investigates water security in Nepal from the perspective of the water-energy-agriculture (food) nexus, focusing on pathways to water security that originate in actions and policies related to other sectors. It identifies promoting development of Nepal’s hydropower potential to provi...
Nepal, S.
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Neupane, N.
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Belbase, D.
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Pandey, Vishnu Prasad
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Mukherji, Aditi
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[Achieving water security in Nepal through unravelling the water-energy-agriculture nexus]
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Achieving water security in Nepal through unravelling the water-energy-agriculture nexus
The rapidly growing population in Uzbekistan has put massive pressure on limited water resources, resulting in frequent water shortages. Irrigation is by far the major water use. Improving irrigation water use through the institutional change of establishing water consumer associations (WCAs) has...
Djumaboev, Kakhramon
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Hamidov, A.
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Anarbekov, Oyture
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Gafurov, Zafar
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Tussupova, K.
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[Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan]
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Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan
Water managers shouldn’t be resistant to integrating fisheries into irrigation systems. Rather, it’s an opportunity to sustain the benefits of irrigation projects and, at the same time, increase fish production and reduce conflict between water users.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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WorldFish
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International Water Management Institute
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[Increasing irrigation benefits and sustainability by integrating fisheries.]
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Increasing irrigation benefits and sustainability by integrating fisheries.
This Research Report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins of the concept and the methodological developments, its operationalization through applied resea...
Giordano, Meredith A.
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Turral, H.
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Scheierling, S. M.
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Treguer, D.O.
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McCornick, Peter G.
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[Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity]
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Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity
Irrigation experiments were conducted during November to April under wheat crop in the winter season of 2012-13 and 2013-14 in the farmer’s field at Galibkhedi village located in Karnal District, Haryana State, India. In the study, collapsible multi-outlet pipe (MOP) along with single outlets pip...
Rajurkar, G.B.
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Patel, N.
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Natarajan, Rajmohan
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Rajput, T.B.S.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Varghese, C.
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[Irrigation application efficiency and uniformity of water distribution using multi-outlet pipe and resource conservation technologies]
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Irrigation application efficiency and uniformity of water distribution using multi-outlet pipe and resource conservation technologies
Irrigation experiments were conducted during November to April under wheat crop in the winter season of 2012-13 and 2013-14 in the farmer’s field at Galibkhedi village located in Karnal District, Haryana State, India. In the study, collapsible multi-outlet pipe (MOP) along with single outlets pip...
Rajurkar, G.B.
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Patel, N.
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Natarajan, Rajmohan
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Rajput, T.B.S.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Varghese, C.
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[Irrigation application efficiency and uniformity of water distribution using multi-outlet pipe and resource conservation technologies]
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Irrigation application efficiency and uniformity of water distribution using multi-outlet pipe and resource conservation technologies
Davis, R.
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Hirji, R.
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[Review of water and climate change policies in South Asia. Background Paper 2]
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Review of water and climate change policies in South Asia. Background Paper 2