The water markets as an institution for water demand and supply management has been
extensively documented both theoretically and empirically. The application of successful …

Many of the world's irrigated regions face the problem of aging infrastructure and declining
revenues to maintain and repair irrigation structures. Policy debates over climate change …

We combine econometric analysis of the response of energy demand to temperature and
humidity exposure with future scenarios of climate change and socioeconomic development …

The Indus basin is one of the regions in the world that is faced with major challenges for its
water sector, due to population growth, rapid urbanisation and industrialisation …

This article gives a brief review of the development and current situation in global irrigation,
and looks at the drivers affecting irrigation performance, development and modernization …

Food security will be increasingly challenged by climate change, natural resource
degradation, and population growth. Wheat yields, in particular, have already stagnated in …

CONTEXT Millions of people living in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) of India engage in
agriculture to support their livelihoods yet are income poor, and food and climate insecure …

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 …

Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy
subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered …

Agriculture contributes about 19.5% to Pakistan's GDP, employs 42% of the labour force,
constitutes 64% of export earnings and provides livelihoods to 62% of the population of the …