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Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options
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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.read more
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Governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Opportunities for Basin Organisations
Eric Hoa,Jan Cools,Eline Boelee,Tony Zamparutti,Sandra Planes,Guillermo Hernandez,Thomas Chiramba,Youngseok Lee,Annie Vonburg +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, four main recommendations have been formulated to support governance of the water-energy-food nexus by Basin Organizations (BOs) have a key role to play to address challenges of sustainable hydropower, balancing the production of bioenergy with food production and taking into account the energy needs of water.
Groundwater for food production and livelihoods - the nexus with climate change and transboundary water management
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the nexus between groundwater in shared aquifers, climate change and agricultural growth in the context of Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America and examine the added challenges as well as opportunities that the transboundary setting of these resources may provide in terms of devising lasting solutions.
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The Policy of Free Electricity to Agriculture Sector: Implications and Perspectives of the Stakeholders in India:
TL;DR: The Indian central government is pursuing state governments to replace free power supply to agriculture with the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) as discussed by the authors, and examined the free power policy from the state governments.
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Political Economy of Energy Subsidies for Groundwater Irrigation in Mendoza, Argentina
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the institutional settings of the water-energy nexus and analyzed the policy effectiveness and policy outcomes in light of the nexus, and observed changes in grapevine prices and groundwater table levels that suggest a relationship with the exploitation of the Carrizal aquifer.
Management of Public Tube Wells in Uttar Pradesh
Shashi Kolavalli,Nitin Shah +1 more
TL;DR: Kahnert and Leuine as discussed by the authors, Groundwater Irrigation and the Rural Poor, 1993, p. 131-144, and Gickbert Leuine (1993)
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Groundwater markets and irrigation development : political economy and practical policy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the lessons learned from a wide range of groundwater and irrigation projects throughout the country of India and offer information on their development, projected scope, and ultimate impact on agricultural productivity and economic activity.
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Climate change and groundwater: India's opportunities for mitigation and adaptation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make a transition from surface storage to "managed aquifer storage" as the center pin of its water strategy with proactive demand-and supply-side management components.
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Taming the Anarchy: Groundwater Governance in South Asia
TL;DR: Taming the Anarchy as discussed by the authors investigates the forces behind the transformation of South Asian irrigation and considers its social, economic, and ecological impacts, and argues that without effective governance, the resulting groundwater stress threatens the sustenance of the agrarian system and therefore the well being of the nearly one and a half billion people who live in South Asia.