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1 Sharma, Bharat R.; Amarasinghe, Upali; Cai, Xueliang; de Condappa, D.; Shah, Tushaar; Mukherji, Aditi; Bharati, Luna; Ambili, G.; Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Pant, Dhruba; Xenarios, Stefanos; Singh, R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2010. The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure. Water International, 35(5):493-521. (Special Issue on "Water, Food and Poverty in River Basins, Part 1" with contributions by IWMI authors). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2010.512996]
River basins ; Groundwater management ; Electrical energy ; Water productivity ; Irrigation water ; Rice ; Wheat ; Evapotranspiration ; Cropping systems ; Water governance ; Watercourses ; Water conservation ; Water costs ; Water policy ; Multiple use ; Rural poverty / India / Pakistan / Nepal / Bangladesh / Indus River Basin / Ganges River Basin / Bhakra Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H043246)
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The basins of the Indus and Ganges rivers cover 2.20 million km2 and are inhabited by more than a billion people. The region is under extreme pressures of population and poverty, unregulated utilization of the resources and low levels of productivity. The needs are: (1) development policies that are regionally differentiated to ensure resource sustainability and high productivity; (2) immediate development and implementation of policies for sound groundwater management and energy use; (3) improvement of the fragile food security and to broaden its base; and (4) policy changes to address land fragmentation and improved infrastructure. Meeting these needs will help to improve productivity, reduce rural poverty and improve overall human development.
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