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1 Kumar, M. Dinesh; Malla, A. K.; Tripathy, S. K. 2008. Economic value of water in agriculture: comparative analysis of a water-scarce and a water-rich region in India. Water International, 33(2):214–230.
Water productivity ; Economic value ; Water scarcity ; Crop production ; Milk production ; Livestock ; Irrigated farming ; Wells ; Tube wells ; Land use ; Income ; Households / India / Punjab / Uttar Pradesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H041536)
The economic value of water should be markedly higher in water-scarce regions than in water-rich regions. Similarly, then the incremental return per unit of land should be higher where land is scarcer. These hypotheses are tested by comparing the situation in western Punjab, which is land-rich and naturally water-scarce and eastern Uttar Pradesh which is land-scarce and water-rich. Our regression analysis shows that every extra unit of water diverted for agriculture generates more economic surplus in western Punjab while every extra unit of land put under cultivation generates more economic surplus in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Hence, transfer of water from a water-rich, land-scarce region to a water-scarce, land-rich region for agriculture might result in the realization of higher economic value.
2 Kumar, M. Dinesh; Malla, A. K.; Tripathy, S. K. 2008. Economic value of water in agriculture: comparative analysis of a water-scarce and water-rich region in India. In Kumar, M. Dinesh (Ed.). Managing water in the face of growing scarcity, inequity and declining returns: exploring fresh approaches. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI TATA Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, 2-4 April 2008. Vol.2. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Sub Regional Office. pp.870-888.
Water productivity ; Economic evaluation ; Crop production ; Irrigated farming ; Water costs ; Wells ; Livestock ; Milk production / India / Western Punjab / Uttar Pradesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H041895)
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