Author: Shah, T., Scott, C., Kishore, A., Sharma, A.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905883
Category : Energy consumption
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
In the highly populated South Asian region, where pump irrigation has gained predominance over gravity-flow irrigation in recent decades, the fortunes of groundwater and energy economies are closely tied. Little can be done in the groundwater economy that will not affect the energy economy, and the struggle to make the energy economy viable is frustrated by the often violent opposition from the farming community to the rationalization of energy prices. As a result, the region's groundwater economy has boomed at the expense of the development of the energy economy. This report suggests that this does not have to be so; and the first step to evolving approaches to sustaining a prosperous groundwater economy with a viable power sector is for the decision makers in the two sectors to talk to each other, and jointly explore better options for energy-groundwater co-management which, the authors suggest, have so far been overlooked.
Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: Improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability
Author: Shah, T., Scott, C., Kishore, A., Sharma, A.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905883
Category : Energy consumption
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
In the highly populated South Asian region, where pump irrigation has gained predominance over gravity-flow irrigation in recent decades, the fortunes of groundwater and energy economies are closely tied. Little can be done in the groundwater economy that will not affect the energy economy, and the struggle to make the energy economy viable is frustrated by the often violent opposition from the farming community to the rationalization of energy prices. As a result, the region's groundwater economy has boomed at the expense of the development of the energy economy. This report suggests that this does not have to be so; and the first step to evolving approaches to sustaining a prosperous groundwater economy with a viable power sector is for the decision makers in the two sectors to talk to each other, and jointly explore better options for energy-groundwater co-management which, the authors suggest, have so far been overlooked.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905883
Category : Energy consumption
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
In the highly populated South Asian region, where pump irrigation has gained predominance over gravity-flow irrigation in recent decades, the fortunes of groundwater and energy economies are closely tied. Little can be done in the groundwater economy that will not affect the energy economy, and the struggle to make the energy economy viable is frustrated by the often violent opposition from the farming community to the rationalization of energy prices. As a result, the region's groundwater economy has boomed at the expense of the development of the energy economy. This report suggests that this does not have to be so; and the first step to evolving approaches to sustaining a prosperous groundwater economy with a viable power sector is for the decision makers in the two sectors to talk to each other, and jointly explore better options for energy-groundwater co-management which, the authors suggest, have so far been overlooked.
Energy-irrigation Nexus in South Asia
Author: Tushaar Shah
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905182
Category : Irrigation efficiency
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Water use efficiency; groundwater irrigation; tubewells; sustainability; irrigated farming; households; farmers; irrigation systems; energy consumption; pumps; food security; water demend; electricity supplies.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905182
Category : Irrigation efficiency
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Water use efficiency; groundwater irrigation; tubewells; sustainability; irrigated farming; households; farmers; irrigation systems; energy consumption; pumps; food security; water demend; electricity supplies.
The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Zafar Adeel
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031290356
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031290356
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Sustainable Development in India
Author: Koichi Fujita
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000177432
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book explores and interrogates the food–water–energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India’s economic development. The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of electricity tariff reforms and related policies on irrigated agriculture. Part 1 focuses on the historical development of agriculture and social change in India, with special reference to the mode of responses and adaptations in social systems against the inherent low and erratic rainfall and resulting water stress in India during the pre-colonial period. Additionally, it investigates how colonial development destroyed social systems and discusses future development prospects. Part 2 discusses contemporary issues of agriculture and social change in India. A comprehensive examination of various important issues related to South Asian agricultural development in the past and in the present, this book will be a valuable reference for researchers of Asian development, sustainable development, environmental policy, South Asian Studies and Development Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000177432
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book explores and interrogates the food–water–energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India’s economic development. The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of electricity tariff reforms and related policies on irrigated agriculture. Part 1 focuses on the historical development of agriculture and social change in India, with special reference to the mode of responses and adaptations in social systems against the inherent low and erratic rainfall and resulting water stress in India during the pre-colonial period. Additionally, it investigates how colonial development destroyed social systems and discusses future development prospects. Part 2 discusses contemporary issues of agriculture and social change in India. A comprehensive examination of various important issues related to South Asian agricultural development in the past and in the present, this book will be a valuable reference for researchers of Asian development, sustainable development, environmental policy, South Asian Studies and Development Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
The water, energy and food-security nexus in Asia and the Pacific
Author: UNESCO
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231006347
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231006347
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution
Author: Mark Giordano
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845931726
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
While addressing the issues of using groundwater in agriculture for irrigation in the developing world, this book discusses the problems associated with the degradation and overexploitation of using it. It explores the practiced and potential methods for its management in the context of agricultural development.
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845931726
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
While addressing the issues of using groundwater in agriculture for irrigation in the developing world, this book discusses the problems associated with the degradation and overexploitation of using it. It explores the practiced and potential methods for its management in the context of agricultural development.
Solar irrigation pumps and India’s energy-irrigation nexus
Author: Verma, Shilp
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
The Land-Water-Energy Nexus Biophysical and Economic Consequences
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264279369
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This report contributes to the discussion of interconnections between scarce resources by highlighting the nexus between land, water and energy (the LWE nexus).
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264279369
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This report contributes to the discussion of interconnections between scarce resources by highlighting the nexus between land, water and energy (the LWE nexus).
Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Author: Anik Bhaduri
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315408805
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
It is beyond doubt that the interconnectedness between food, energy, water security and environmental sustainability exists and is getting amplified with increased globalization. It has been recognized that efforts to address only one part of a systemic problem by neglecting other inherently interlinked aspects may not lead to desirable and sustainable outcomes. In this perspective, policy- and decision- making requires a nexus approach that reduces trade-offs and builds synergies across sectors, and helps to reduce costs and increase benefits for humans and nature compared to independent approaches to the management of water, energy, food and the environment. In the past, work related to the Nexus has looked at the interactions between water and food or water and energy, but there has been a reluctance to bring forward a broader systematic perspective that captures the multiple sectors and resource dependencies while understanding its cost to the environment if we neglect these linkages. This book is a compilation of thirteen papers published previously as a special issue of Water International, contains significant pieces of work on the W-E-F nexus focusing on relevant tools, solutions and governance at local and broader human scales.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315408805
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
It is beyond doubt that the interconnectedness between food, energy, water security and environmental sustainability exists and is getting amplified with increased globalization. It has been recognized that efforts to address only one part of a systemic problem by neglecting other inherently interlinked aspects may not lead to desirable and sustainable outcomes. In this perspective, policy- and decision- making requires a nexus approach that reduces trade-offs and builds synergies across sectors, and helps to reduce costs and increase benefits for humans and nature compared to independent approaches to the management of water, energy, food and the environment. In the past, work related to the Nexus has looked at the interactions between water and food or water and energy, but there has been a reluctance to bring forward a broader systematic perspective that captures the multiple sectors and resource dependencies while understanding its cost to the environment if we neglect these linkages. This book is a compilation of thirteen papers published previously as a special issue of Water International, contains significant pieces of work on the W-E-F nexus focusing on relevant tools, solutions and governance at local and broader human scales.
Solar Irrigation for Agriculture Resilience (SoLAR)
Author: Verma, Shilp
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description