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P. Hemant

Bio: P. Hemant is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental impact assessment & Groundwater recharge. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 156 citations.

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Tushaar Shah1, Ashok Gulati, P. Hemant, Ganga Shreedhar, Ragini Jain 
TL;DR: Gujarat has achieved high and steady growth at 9.6% per year in agricultural state domestic product (SDP) since 1999-2000 by liberalising markets, inviting private capital, reinventing agricultural extension, improving roads and other infrastructure as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Semi-arid Gujarat has clocked high and steady growth at 9.6% per year in agricultural state domestic product since 1999-2000. What has driven this growth? The Gujarat government has aggressively pursued an innovative agriculture development programme by liberalising markets, inviting private capital, reinventing agricultural extension, improving roads and other infrastructure. Canal-irrigated South and Central Gujarat should have led Gujarat’s agricultural rally. Instead it is dry Saurashtra and Kachchh, and North Gujarat that have been at the forefront. These could not have performed so well but for the improved availability of groundwater for irrigation. Arguably, mass-based water harvesting and farm power reforms have helped energise Gujarat’s agriculture.

128 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the linkages between the water, energy, and food nexus perspective and adaptation to climate change, using the Hindu Kush Himalayan region as an example.

393 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the roles and challenges of small holding agriculture in India and provide lessons from the experience of India on small-holding agriculture for other countries, including information needs.
Abstract: This paper examines the roles and challenges of small holding agriculture in India. It covers trends in agricultural growth, cultivation patterns, participation of small holding agriculture, productivity performance of small holders, linking small holders with markets including value chains, role of small holders in enhancing food security and employment generation, differential policies and institutional support for small holders and, challenges and future options for small holding agriculture including information needs. It also provides lessons from the experience of India on small holding agriculture for other countries. [WP-2012-014]. URL:[http://www.igidr.ac.in/pdf/publication/WP-2012-014.pdf].

141 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the hydrological impacts of RWH for recharge at the local (individual structure) and watershed scale in rural areas, and propose some evaluation criteria to assess the local and watershed-scale impacts of watershed development.

104 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that given the unique regional and sector challenges of food, water and energy security, their nexus must be deconstructed to find effective, contextualized solutions.

89 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the nature and scale of the distortions it has created, and alternative approaches which Indian policy makers can use to limit, if not eliminate, the damaging impacts of the distortion.
Abstract: 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 opportunities to India’s small-holder-based irrigation economy but has now generated in its wake myriad economic, social, and environmental distortions. Conventional ‘getting-the-price-right’ solutions to reduce these distortions have consistently been undermined by the invidious political economy that the nexus has created. The historical evolution of the nexus is outlined, the nature and scale of the distortions it has created are explored, and alternative approaches which Indian policy makers can use to limit, if not eliminate, the damaging impacts of the distortions, are analysed.

83 citations