Causes and implications of groundwater depletion in India: A review

S Dangar, A Asoka, V Mishra - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Groundwater plays a vital role in food security, water availability, and economic growth of
more than 1.3 billion people in India. Notwithstanding the development of irrigation schemes …

A snapshot of the world's groundwater challenges

U Lall, L Josset, T Russo - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Depletion and pollution of groundwater, Earth's largest and most accessible freshwater
stock, is a global sustainability concern. A changing climate, marked by more frequent and …

Crop switching can enhance environmental sustainability and farmer incomes in China

W Xie, A Zhu, T Ali, Z Zhang, X Chen, F Wu, J Huang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Achieving food-system sustainability is a multidimensional challenge. In China, a doubling
of crop production since 1990 has compromised other dimensions of sustainability …

Crop switching reduces agricultural losses from climate change in the United States by half under RCP 8.5

J Rising, N Devineni - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
A key strategy for agriculture to adapt to climate change is by switching crops and relocating
crop production. We develop an approach to estimate the economic potential of crop …

Wheat redistribution in Huang-Huai-Hai, China, could reduce groundwater depletion and environmental footprints without compromising production

W Shi, M Wang, F Tao, X Xu, X Deng, L Liu… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Huang-Huai-Hai region accounts for 80% of China's wheat production, leading
to severe groundwater depletion and substantial environmental impacts. Here we present …

Can improved agricultural water use efficiency save India's groundwater?

R Fishman, N Devineni, S Raman - Environmental Research …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Irrigated agriculture is placing increasing pressure on finite freshwater resources, especially
in developing countries, where water extraction is often unregulated, un-priced and even …

Crop switching for water sustainability in India's food bowl yields co-benefits for food security and farmers' profits

R Chakraborti, KF Davis, R DeFries, ND Rao, J Joseph… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Groundwater depletion due to agricultural intensification is a major threat to water and food
security in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), a critical food bowl, home to 400 million people …

Alleviating groundwater depletion while realizing food security for sustainable development

D Wei, X Wang, N Luo, Y Zhu, P Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater depletion was one of humanity's greatest challenges for both food and
environmental security. Here we tried to address these challenges through a meta-analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of water balance and irrigation strategy of typical sand-layered farmland in the Hetao Irrigation District, China

Z Feng, Q Miao, H Shi, W Feng, X Li, J Yan… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rational irrigation plays an important role in increasing crop yield and reducing water use.
With a typical sand-layered farmland in the Hetao irrigation district as an example, field …

Surface-modified graphene oxide-based composites for advanced sequestration of basic blue 41 from aqueous solution

MS Islam, H Roy, T Ahmed, SH Firoz, SX Chang - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced materials for the efficient treatment of textile wastewater need to be developed for
the sustainable growth of the textile industry. In this study, graphene oxide (GO) was …