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1 Shah, Tushaar; Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Khattak, M. Z.; Banerjee, P. S.; Singh, O. P.; Ur Rehman, S. 2009. Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin. World Development, 37(2):422-434.
Water scarcity ; Irrigation water ; Pricing ; Water market ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Irrigation canals ; Wells ; Pumps ; Energy expenditure ; Tube wells ; Water costs ; Rice ; Wheat / India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / Nepal / Indo-Gangetic River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.4 G570 SHA Record No: H041482)
‘‘Getting prices right” is the silver bullet widely advocated to developing countries in fighting waste, misallocation and scarcity of water. In the vast, poverty-stricken Indo-Gangetic basin, however, high surrogate water price is driving out small-holder irrigation. With rising diesel prices, most small-holders who use borewells for irrigation find effective water use cost soaring, obliging them to economize on water use even by quitting irrigated farming. Electrified borewell owners, far fewer, face low marginal cost but have to contend with stringent electricity rationing. Public irrigation systems grossly under-price irrigation, but these are getting marginalized despite massive government and donor investments.
2 Das, B.; Majumdar, N.; Nayak, N. C.; Sethi, R. R.; Mukherji, Aditi; Sharma, Bharat R.; Banerjee, P. S.. 2008. Impact of metering agricultural power supply on groundwater users and market in West Bengal, India. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.3. Water benefits sharing for poverty alleviation and conflict management; Drivers and processes of change. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.213-217.
Groundwater irrigation ; Water market ; Pricing ; Stakeholders ; Water users ; Pumping ; Tube wells ; Electricity supplies ; Cost recovery / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041699)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3708/IFWF2_proceedings_Volume%20III.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041699.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041699.pdf
3 Mukherji, Aditi; Das, B.; Majumdar, N.; Nayak, N. C.; Sethi, R. R.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Banerjee, P. S.. 2008. Metering of agricultural power supply in West Bengal, India: who gains and who loses? Paper presented at the International Conference on Water Resources Policy in South Asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17- 20 December 2008. 20p.
Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumping ; Electricity supplies ; Cost recovery ; Water market ; Water rates / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041820)
As a part of the ongoing power sectors reforms in India, the state of West Bengal is in the process of metering agricultural electricity supply. Based on primary data, this paper presents a first cut assessment of this initiative. Results suggest that the majority of the pump owners benefit from the reforms in two ways: first by having to pay a lower electricity bill for same usage and second through increased profit margins by selling water. This is because in response to changed incentive structure for water selling, water prices rose sharply by 30-50% immediately after metering. In contrast, water buyers have lost out by having to pay higher water charges and face adverse terms of contract. Impact of metering on operation of groundwater markets is less clear; they may expand, contract or remain unchanged. Same holds true for the volume of groundwater extracted, though water use efficiency may go up. At current tariff rates, the electricity utilities are likely to earn less revenue than before. There is also no evidence that quality of electricity supply has improved following metering. These findings are context specific and holds good for West Bengal where high flat tariff had fostered competitive groundwater markets and hence can not be generalised for other Indian states.
4 Mukherji, Aditi; Das, B.; Majumdar, N.; Nayak, N. C.; Sethi, R. R.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Banerjee, P. S.. 2008. Metering of agricultural power supply in West Bengal, India: who gains and who loses? [Abstract only]. In South Asian Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs). Book of abstracts: International Conference on Water Resources Policy in South Asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17- 20 December 2008. Andhra Pradesh, India: SaciWATERs. pp.75.
Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumping ; Electricity supplies ; Cost recovery ; Water market ; Water rates / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042135)
http://www.saciwaters.org/conference(back)/inside/downloads/bookofabstract.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042135.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042135.pdf
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5 Mukherji, Aditi; Banerjee, P. S.; Daschowdhury, S. 2009. Managing the energy-irrigation nexus in west Bengal, India. In Mukherji, Aditi; Villholth, K. G.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Wang, J. (Eds.) Groundwater governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins: realities and challenges. London, UK: CRC Press. pp.279-292. (IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 15)
Groundwater irrigation ; Energy ; Pumps ; Electrification ; Electricity supplies ; Tariff ; Tube wells ; Water scarcity ; Water market ; Surveys ; Economic aspects ; Policy ; Rice / South Asia / India / Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G570 MUK Record No: H042235)
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6 Mukherji, Aditi; Shah, Tushaar; Banerjee, P. S.. 2012. Kick-starting a second green revolution in Bengal [India]. Economic and Political Weekly, 47(18):27-30.
Green revolution ; Agricultural production ; Groundwater extraction ; Water use ; Electricity ; Pumps ; Policy ; Irrigation ; Economic aspects ; Farmers / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044834)
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Two decisions taken by the Government of West Bengal, one, to facilitate easier extraction of groundwater, and the other, the application of a fi xed connection fee for an electricity connection to farmers could well lead to a quantum leap in agricultural production.
7 Shah, Tushaar; Banerjee, P. S.; Roy, A.; Singhania, S. 2012. Coping with seasonal peak in power demand for irrigation: pros and cons of temporary farm power connections in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 4. 9p.
Power ; Irrigation demand ; Farmers ; Seasonality ; Agriculture ; Groundwater management ; Wells ; Pumps ; Economic aspects / India / Madhya Pradesh / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045101)
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8 Mukherji, A.; Shah, Tushaar; Banerjee, P. S.. 2016. Kick-starting a second green revolution in Bengal. In Shah, M.; Vijayshankar, P. S. (Eds.). Water: growing understanding, emerging perspectives. New Delhi, India: Orient BlackSwan. pp.483-489. (Readings on the Economy, Polity and Society)
Groundwater ; Agricultural development ; Green revolution ; Irrigation water ; Water use ; Pumps ; Electrification ; Diesel oil ; Costs ; Economic aspects ; Farmers ; Institutions ; Government policy / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047749)
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9 Banerjee, P. S.; de Silva, Sanjiv. 2020. Pro-poor groundwater development: the case of the Barind experiment in Bangladesh. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 8p. (Water Knowledge Note)
Groundwater development ; Irrigation programs ; Deep tube wells ; Shallow tube wells ; Groundwater irrigation ; Costs ; Metering ; Agricultural production ; Rice ; Farmers ; Poverty ; Sustainability ; Case studies / Bangladesh / Barind / Rajshahi / Rangpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049597)
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33246/Pro-Poor-Groundwater-Development-The-Case-of-the-Barind-Experiment-in-Bangladesh.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049597.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049597.pdf
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The Barind region, a water-stressed area in northwest Bangladesh, had an underdeveloped agricultural economy and high levels of poverty until two projects revitalized the area with enhanced groundwater irrigation. The Barind Integrated Area Development Project in 1985 and Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in 1992 used new water extraction technology and innovative management practices such as deep tubewells (DTWs) fitted with smart card–operated electric pumps to develop drought-resilient irrigation. Both projects have helped the Barind region reduce poverty and achieve self-sufficiency in rice. However, there are concerns about declining groundwater levels in the Barind and nearby regions, resulting in a temporary halt in DTW expansion. Preliminary evidence presented in this case study suggests farmers served by shallow tubewells (STWs) may be losing access to groundwater in some parts of the Barind region, which can have significant development implications because these tubewells remain the predominant source of irrigation. This evidence provides grounds to question whether an irrigation model reliant on DTWs is sustainable and equitable in the long term. Further research is needed to better establish groundwater conditions and understand the risk to STW users to inform future policy on DTW-driven agricultural development.
10 Mukherji, Aditi; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Mitra, Archisman; Banerjee, P. S.; Chowdhury, S. D. 2020. Does increased access to groundwater irrigation through electricity reforms affect agricultural and groundwater outcomes?: evidence from West Bengal, India. Final project report submitted to the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 64p.
Groundwater irrigation ; Water availability ; Electricity supplies ; Reforms ; Electrification ; Pumps ; Agricultural development ; Cropping patterns ; Crop yield ; Rice ; Share cropping ; Monsoon climate ; Water market ; Tariffs ; Energy consumption ; Tube wells ; Water policy ; Groundwater table ; Farmers ; Women's participation ; Villages ; Socioeconomic environment ; Migration ; Econometrics / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049869)
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11 Gomes, S. L.; Hermans, L. M.; Chakraborty, Shreya; Luft, S.; Butsch, C.; Banerjee, P. S.. 2023. Comparative analysis of local adaptation processes in the future across peri-urban India to support transformations to sustainability. Global Environmental Change, 82:102721. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102721]
Local communities ; Adaptation ; Periurban areas ; Sustainability ; Transformation ; Comparative analysis ; Institutions ; Strategies ; Livelihoods ; Households ; Water use ; Villages ; Climate change ; Vulnerability / India / Pune / Hyderabad / Kolkata / Paud / Anajpur / Hadia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052093)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378023000870/pdfft?md5=65a19faad09d2a26c93dedf625725aee&pid=1-s2.0-S0959378023000870-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052093.pdf
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Peri-urban transformations in emerging economies like India demand scientific attention given their impact on global environmental change processes. Some studies examine past or ongoing peri-urban adaptation processes, but insight into future adaptation needs and aspirations of peri-urban communities is lacking. Also, it is unknown how the high degree of informality that characterizes peri-urban areas, interacts with formal institutions to shape or enable more sustainable adaptation pathways. This study addresses these scientific gaps, using an existing typology of adaptation processes to investigate plausible future adaptation pathways in three peri-urban villages in India, near Pune, Hyderabad, and Kolkata cities. On-site field research followed by a Delphi-study were used to develop normative adaptation pathways for livelihood and household water use with local actors. The pathways represent development trajectories and adaptation strategies over the next 15 years in the livelihood and household water sectors. Pathways data was thereafter analyzed and compared in terms of drivers of vulnerability and opportunity, adaptation processes, and formal and informal institutions. Our ex-ante study identifies general and context specific drivers of vulnerability and opportunity shaping different peri-urban transformations. Results reveal similarities in future drivers, whose impact on peri-urban livelihoods and household water is context dependent. This comparative analysis contributes a deeper understanding of future adaptation needs by highlighting patterns in locally preferred adaptation processes for different drivers and water-use sectors. This normative understanding reveals preferences of local communities who are otherwise marginalized from decision-making arenas. A combination of adaptation processes will be needed to respond to the various drivers, only some of which are achievable through informal institutions. Formal government intervention will be essential for stimulating innovation, intensification, and revitalization forms of adaptation. Institutional adjustments will be key to shaping local agency and future adaptive capacity away from a business-as-usual trajectory.
12 Gomes, S. L.; Hermans, L. M.; Butsch, C.; Banerjee, P. S.; Luft, S.; Chakraborty, Shreya. 2023. A Delphi-based methodology for participatory adaptation pathways building with local stakeholders: methodological considerations and an illustrative application in peri-urban India. Environmental Development, 46:100822. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100822]
Participatory approaches ; Adaptation ; Periurban areas ; Stakeholders ; Planning ; Households ; Water use ; Sustainability ; Livelihoods ; Villages ; Delphi method / India / Kolkata / Hadia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052094)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211464523000222/pdfft?md5=0d81512368e364735cfa9df03e044aaf&pid=1-s2.0-S2211464523000222-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052094.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052094.pdf
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Adaptation pathways is a planning approach used to design flexible, long-term strategies for dealing with future uncertainty. However, emphasis on how to discuss pathways elements with stakeholders during the pathways building process is under-represented in the existing pathways literature. This paper presents a participatory methodology for building normative adaptation pathways with local stakeholders. Iterative discussions are facilitated using a Delphi study that is designed to explicitly consider institutional, and multi-actor dimensions in the formulation of future adaptive strategies. This leads to adaptation pathways that are more inclusive of local needs. This paper describes the steps for iteratively designing adaptation pathways in a multi-actor setting through a Delphi study.
A pilot application of this Delphi-based adaptation pathway approach is illustrated with local actors in peri-urban Kolkata (India) for future water management. It demonstrates how this methodology offers a structured way to introduce pathways thinking to local stakeholders and helps build consensus about future preferences and adaptation options. Moreover, it stimulates discussions about normative differences across and within stakeholder groups through the underlying values that define future pathways as well as the institutional adjustments needed to successfully activate adaptations strategies over time. Future work may be directed towards to strengthening discussions around uncertainty, connecting pathways to a broader set of future scenarios, and comparing this facilitation method against other existing ones.
A pilot application of this Delphi-based adaptation pathway approach is illustrated with local actors in peri-urban Kolkata (India) for future water management. It demonstrates how this methodology offers a structured way to introduce pathways thinking to local stakeholders and helps build consensus about future preferences and adaptation options. Moreover, it stimulates discussions about normative differences across and within stakeholder groups through the underlying values that define future pathways as well as the institutional adjustments needed to successfully activate adaptations strategies over time. Future work may be directed towards to strengthening discussions around uncertainty, connecting pathways to a broader set of future scenarios, and comparing this facilitation method against other existing ones.
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