Water resources are essential to human development processes and to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals that seek, inter alia, to eradicate extreme poverty and …

Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times-fundamental
to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse …

In 1947, British India-the part of South Asia that is today's India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh-
emerged from the colonial era with the world's largest centrally managed canal irrigation …

Water is a key factor in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of poverty
elimination and hunger eradication. The regions of sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) and South …

Indian agriculture has achieved tremendous growth in production and productivity of crops
after Independence. Between 1950-51 and 2009-10, production of foodgrains increased …

Intensive agriculture and irrigation play a crucial role in the food security of India. However,
irrigation has considerably impacted regional climate and groundwater sustainability …

The water use efficiency under conventional flood method of irrigation, which is
predominantly practised in Indian agriculture, is very low due to substantial conveyance and …

" This book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different
geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to …

Groundwater has played a pivotal role in transforming the rural agrarian landscape,
augmenting rural livelihoods and improving household wellbeing. Through our research, we …

Groundwater irrigation has become a dominant source of irrigation in Indian agriculture
today. Besides increasing the cropping intensity and productivity of crops, the intensive …