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1 Shah, Tushaar; Kishore, A.; Hemant, P.. 2009. Monsoon failure: bracing for the 2009 drought. Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review, 30:20-22.
Rain ; Drought ; Rice ; Dairying ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater management ; Water storage / India / Gujarat / Andhra Pradesh / Bihar / Orissa / Rajasthan / Tamil Nadu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042331)
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2 Shah, Tushaar; Kishore, A.; Hemant, P.. 2009. Will the impact of the 2009 drought be different from 2002? Economic and Political weekly, 44(37):11-14.
Drought ; Water scarcity ; Water shortage ; Rain ; Groundwater management ; Tube wells ; Rice ; Milk production ; Dairying ; Aquifers ; Water storage / India / Rajasthan / Andhra Pradesh / Gujarat / Karnataka / Tamil Nadu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H034806)
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Groundwater, which has emerged as India’s prime adaptive mechanism in times of drought, will play a crucial role this year since the aquifers were recharged in 2006-08. The impact of the drought of 2009 will therefore be less severe than the drought of 2002. Beyond the immediate response, we need to think long term. Instead of pumping money into dams and canals, Indian agriculture will be better off investing in “groundwater banking”. This involves storing surplus flood waters in aquifers which can be drawn upon in times of need.
3 Shah, Tushaar; Gulati, A.; Hemant, P.; Shreedhar, G.; Jain, R. C. 2009. Secret of Gujarat’s agrarian miracle after 2000. Economic and Political Weekly, 44(52):45-55.
Agricultural development ; Agricultural production ; Statistics ; Water storage ; Canals ; Groundwater
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041433)
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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.
4 Shah, Tushaar; Krishnan, S.; Hemant, P.; Verma, S.; Chandra, A.; Sudhir, C. 2010. A case for pipelining water distribution in the Narmada Irrigation System in Gujarat, India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 17p. (IWMI Working Paper 141) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2010.233]
Irrigation projects ; Canals ; Water distribution ; Pipes ; Reservoirs ; Water conservation / India / Sardar Sarovar Project / Narmada Irrigation System / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.1 G635 SHA Record No: H043567)
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Thanks to farmers’ resistance to provide land for constructing watercourses below the outlets, India’s famous Sardar Sarovar Project is stuck in an impasse. Against a potential to serve 1.8 million hectares, the Project was irrigating just 100,000 hectares five years after the dam and main canals were ready. Indications are that full project benefits will get delayed by years, even decades. In this paper, IWMI researchers advance ten reasons why the Project should abandon its original plan of constructing open channels and license private service providers to invest in pumps and buried pipeline networks to sell irrigation service to farmers.
5 Shah, Tushaar; Krishnan, S.; Hemant, P.; Verma, S.; Chandra, A.; Sudhir, C. 2011. A case for pipelining water distribution in the Narmada Irrigation System in Gujarat, India. In Parthasarathy, R.; Dholakia, R. H. (Eds.). Sardar Sarovar Project on the River Narmada: impacts so far and ways forward. Vol. 3. New Delhi, India: Concept Publishing Company. pp.777-799.
Irrigation systems ; Pipes ; Water distribution ; Case studies ; Economic aspects ; Water productivity ; Conjunctive use ; Energy / India / Gujarat / Narmada Irrigation System / Sardar Sarovar Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043802)
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