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1 Raju, K. V.; Brewer, J. D. 2000. Conjunctive water management in Bihar. Bangalore, India: Institute for Social and Economic Change. 31p. (ISEC working paper 60)
Conjunctive use ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation canals ; Water availability ; Irrigated farming ; Legal aspects ; Water policy ; Tube wells ; Wheat ; Waterlogging / India / Bihar / Gandak River / Gangetic Plains / Vaishali Branch
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5492 Record No: H026727)
2 Hussain, I.; Sakthivadivel, R.; Amarasinghe, U.; Mudasser, M.; Molden, D. 2003. Land and water productivity of wheat in the western Indo-Gangetic Plains of India and Pakistan: a comparative analysis. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 50p. (IWMI Research Report 065) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.071]
Wheat ; Crop yield ; Productivity ; Climate ; Irrigation canals ; Watercourses ; Water distribution ; Water allocation ; Policy / India / Pakistan / Gangetic Plains / Kaithal Irrigation Circle / Bhakra Canal / Chaj Sub-Basin / Lower Jehlum Canal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G635 HUS Record No: H031469)
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The purpose of this study is to analyze variations in wheat yields and to assess the range of factors affecting wheat yields and profitability of wheat production in the selected irrigation systems in India and Pakistan. The study attempts to identify constraints and opportunities for closing the existing yield gaps. It is hypothesized that substantial gains in aggregate yields can be obtained by improved water management practices at the farm and irrigation-system levels.
3 Palanisami, K.; Ramasamy, C.; Umetsu, C. (Eds.) 2008. Groundwater management and policies. New Delhi, India: Macmillan. 284p. (Macmillan Advanced Research Series)
Water resource management ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water productivity ; Crop production ; Canals ; Water distribution ; Vertisols ; Rice ; Watersheds ; Artificial recharge ; Flooding ; Tanks ; Water harvesting ; Tube wells ; Irrigation programs ; Price policy ; Irrigation efficiency / India / Tamil Nadu / Karnataka / West Bengal / South India / Gangetic plains / Bhavani Basin / Parambikulam Aliyar Project Area / Malaprabha Command Area / Cauvery Delta / Kodangipalayam Watershed / Pondicherry / Lower Seyhan Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G635 PAL Record No: H041967)
4 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2014. Women’s vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic change in the eastern Gangetic Plains. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p. (Also in Nepali) (IWMI Water Policy Brief 35) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.215]
Climate change ; Farmers ; Gender ; Women ; Households ; Land ownership / South Asia / India / Nepal / Gangetic Plains
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046579)
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5 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2014. Women’s vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic change in the eastern Gangetic Plains. In Nepali. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p. (Also in English) (IWMI Water Policy Brief 35) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.235]
Climate change ; Farmers ; Gender ; Women ; Households ; Land ownership / South Asia / India / Nepal / Gangetic Plains
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046580)
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6 Sugden, Fraser; Maskey, Niki; Clement, Floriane; Ramesh, V. 2014. Agrarian stress and climate change in the eastern Gangetic Plains: gendered vulnerability in a stratified social formation. Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions, 29:258-269. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.10.008]
Climate change ; Gender ; Women ; Farmers ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Households ; Income ; Land ownership ; Tube wells / South Asia / India / Nepal / Gangetic Plains
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046710)
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This paper reviews the complex impact of climate change on gender relations and associated vulnerability on the Eastern Gangetic Plains of Nepal and India. Field research has identified that gendered vulnerability to climate change is intricately connected to local and macro level political economic processes. Rather than being a single driver of change, climate is one among several stresses on agriculture, alongside a broader set of non-climatic processes. While these pressures are linked to large scale political–economic processes, the response on the ground is mediated by the local level relations of class and caste, creating stratified patterns of vulnerability. The primary form of gendered vulnerability in the context of agrarian stress emerges from male out-migration, which has affected the distribution of labour and resources. While migration occurs amongst all socio-economic groups, women from marginal farmer and tenant households are most vulnerable. While the causes of migration are only indirectly associated with climate change, migration itself is rendering women who are left behind from marginal households, more vulnerable to ecological shocks such as droughts due to the sporadic flow of income and their reduced capacity for investment in off-farm activities. It is clear that policies and initiatives to address climate change in stratified social formations such as the Eastern Gangetic Plains, will be ineffective without addressing the deeper structural intersections between class, caste and gender.
7 Saha, D.; Zahid, A.; Shrestha, S. R.; Pavelic, Paul. 2016. Groundwater resources. In Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.24-51. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
Groundwater management ; Water resources ; Groundwater table ; Water levels ; Groundwater extraction ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater recharge ; Aquifers ; Water quality ; Groundwater pollution ; Arsenic ; Chemical contamination ; Tube wells ; Institutional development ; Water policy ; Resource management ; Regulations ; River basins ; Hydrogeology ; Alluvial land ; Plains ; Sediment ; Deltas / Nepal / India / Bangladesh / Ganges River Basin / Himalayan Region / Gangetic Plains / Bhabher Belt / Terai Belt
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047811)
8 Sharma, Bharat; Sikka, Alok K.; Sah, R. P.; Cai, Xueliang. 2016. Agriculture and water use: implications for sustainable intensification in the Ganges Basin. In Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.93-113. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
Sustainable agriculture ; Farming systems ; Intensification ; Water management ; Water use ; Water productivity ; Water balance ; Agricultural production ; Crop yield ; Rice ; Wheat ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Living standards ; Rain ; Catchment areas ; Highlands ; Deltas ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Coastal area / India / Nepal / Bangladesh / Ganges Basin / Gangetic Plains
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047813)
9 Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. (Eds.) 2016. The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. 327p. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
River basin management ; Water resources ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater recharge ; Groundwater table ; Aquifers ; Surface water ; International waters ; International cooperation ; Sustainable agriculture ; Agricultural production ; Water use ; Agricultural practices ; Intensification ; Investment ; Water policy ; Climate change ; Flooding ; Drought ; Forecasting ; Water productivity ; Energy resources ; Water power ; Water accounting ; Irrigated land ; Water demand ; Environmental flows ; Ecosystem services ; Freshwater ; Species ; Biodiversity conservation ; Hydrometeorology ; Models ; Hydrogeology ; Groundwater pollution ; Arsenic ; Contamination ; Water quality ; Food chains ; Public health ; Waste water treatment plants ; Institutional development ; Water governance ; Socioeconomic environment ; Living standards ; Rural poverty ; Equity ; Land ownership ; Gender ; Migrant labour ; Women farmers ; Remuneration ; Villages ; Highlands ; Deltas ; Riparian zones / India / Nepal / Bangladesh / Ganges River Basin / Himalayan Region / Gangetic Plains / Bihar / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047808)
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10 Scott, C. A.; Crootof, A. B.; Thapa, B.; Shrestha, R. K. 2016. The water-energy-food nexus in the Ganges Basin: challenges and opportunities. In Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.138-153. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
Water resources ; Energy generation ; Water power ; Food security ; Groundwater ; Irrigation programs ; Electricity generation ; Electricity supplies ; Waste water treatment plants ; Institutions ; Financing ; Urban areas ; River basins ; Case studies / Nepal / India / Ganges River Basin / Kathmandu Valley / Gangetic Plains / Andhikhola Hydropower Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047842)
11 Bastakoti, Ram C.; Sugden, Fraser; Raut, M.; Shrestha, S. 2017. Key constraints and collective action challenges for groundwater governance in the eastern Gangetic Plains. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.131-142. (Earthscan Water Text)
Collective action ; Groundwater ; Water governance ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water availability ; Shallow tube wells ; Deep tube wells ; River basins ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water use ; Farmers ; Land ownership ; Pumps / India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / Nepal / Bihar / West Bengal / Gangetic Plains / Indus-Ganges Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048354)
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12 Thangarajan, M.; Singh, V. P. (Eds.) 2016. Groundwater assessment, modeling, and management. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. 511p.
Groundwater assessment ; Groundwater management ; Models ; Water availability ; Water quality ; Water purification ; Water use ; Water resources ; Groundwater flow ; Groundwater recharge ; Alluvial aquifers ; Climate change ; Coastal area ; Water pollution ; Saline water ; Arsenic ; Contamination ; Freshwater ; Carbon dioxide ; Ion exchange ; Fluorides ; Hydraulic conductivity ; Geographical information systems ; Forecasting ; Optimization ; Food security ; Agricultural production ; Rice ; Rivers ; Hydrogeology ; Hydraulic fracturing ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Southern Africa / East Africa / India / Brazil / Botswana / Okavango Delta / Cauvery River / Ganges River / Boro River Valley / Gangetic Plains / Maharashtra / Tamil Nadu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H049342)
13 Kumar, S.; Joshi, S. K.; Pant, N.; Singh, S.; Chakravorty, B.; Saini, R. K.; Kumar, V.; Singh, A.; Ghosh, N. C.; Mukherjee, A.; Rai, P.; Singh, V. 2021. Hydrogeochemical evolution and groundwater recharge processes in arsenic enriched area in central Gangetic Plain, India. Applied Geochemistry, 131:105044. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105044]
Groundwater recharge ; Hydrology ; Geochemistry ; Groundwater table ; Arsenic ; Stable isotopes ; Aquifers ; Water level ; Weathering ; Rivers / India / Gangetic Plains / Uttar Pradesh / Ballia District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050479)
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The present study dealt with understanding hydrogeochemical evolution, ascertaining distribution, fate and spatio-temporal variation of arsenic along with comprehending recharge processes and quantification of recharge rate in the central Gangetic plain, India. The arsenic enriched area was observed mostly in the fluvial deposits with younger alluvium. The depth to water levels maps for 1996 and 2016 showed marked spatio-temporal variation and the groundwater recharge rate was estimated to be varied between 0.05 m/year and 0.07 m/year in the study area. The elevated arsenic concentration was noticed in the region, having declined groundwater recharge. A total of 147 water samples were collected from hand pumps (n = 141) and rivers (n = 6) during the pre-monsoon period (May 2016). In addition, about 81 groundwater samples were collected from 27 locations during the pre-monsoon, monsoon and winter 2019 for studying seasonal variability in the hydrogeochemical parameters and isotopic composition of water. Arsenic concentration was found more in the area where deposits of coarser sediment of the Quaternary period was present along the rivers Ganga and Ghaghra. The arsenic concentration was observed higher in the pre-monsoon (maxm. As 641 µg/L), followed by the post-monsoon (425 µg/L) and monsoon season (375 µg/L). The depleted isotopic value and higher D-excess values in groundwater suggested active recharge conditions with precipitation as the major source of recharge in the study area. It is hypothesized that rainwater induced oxygenated water into the aquifer by the process of recharge, which may prompted various biogeochemical reactions due to change in redox conditions and endorsed arsenic sorption in the monsoon season. Thereafter, anoxic conditions prevailed in the post-monsoon season, and finally, in the pre-monsoon season, reducing conditions continued and arsenic released at a rapid rate, which was justified with the seasonal variation of arsenic concentration.
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