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1 Phansalkar, Sanjiv J.; Verma, Shilp. 2004. Improved water control as strategy for enhancing tribal livelihoods. Economic and Political Weekly, 39(31):3469-3476.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7004 Record No: H035370)
Synthesising the lessons of a two year collaborative research programme by researchers and NGOs, this paper suggests that improved water control strategies, designed after taking contextual factors of resource conditions and socio-ecology into consideration, have a high potential for redressing the livelihood problems of India’s most neglected people besides also leading to sustained and salutary impacts on wider human development indicators for this region. While other development interventions are also important and necessary, public investments in assuring improved irrigation water control can act to kick-start the tribal economy in the region.
2 Verma, Shilp; Tsephal, S.; Jose, T. 2004. Pepsee systems: grassroots innovation under groundwater stress. Water Policy, 6(4):303-318.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H035978)
Drip irrigation, in its various forms, is the dominant mode of micro-irrigation in India. The benefits of these technologies in water scarce regions have been widely studied all over the world. A review of literature on drip-irrigation technologies strongly suggests that there are significant financial, economic and social benefits in the adoption of these technolgoies. In the Maikaal region of Central India, a grassroots innovation called 'Pepsee' has become a popular choice for farmers. At less than half the cost of conventional drip systems, this innovation promises comparable returns. What is most interesting is that while government and non-government agencies have struggled to promote water-saving technologies across the country, the people in this area have adapted and adopted these technologies on their own. This paper looks at the various aspects of this grassroots innovation, its spread, adoption behavior and impacts. The authors find that while Pepsee and other water-saving technolgoies do lead to farm level improvements in water efficiency, they will not contribute to system level 'real' water saving unless a favorable policy environment encourages their adoptin on a large scale.
3 Phansalkar, S. J.; Verma, Shilp. 2004. El manejo del agua y las tribus en la India: oportunidades, restricciones y estrategias. In Spanish. [Water management and tribals in India: opportunities, barriers and strategies]. In Los pueblos indigenas y el agua: Desafios del siglo XXI; Indigenous groups and water: Challenges for the 21st century. San Luis Potosi, Mexico: El Colegio de San Luis. pp.139-160.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G404 DEL Record No: H036359)
4 Verma, Shilp; Phansalkar, Sanjiv. 2005. India Inc. 2050 - potential deviations from ‘business-as-usual’ IWMI-Tata Comment, 6/2005. 15p.
Water resources ; Water requirements ; Irrigation water ; Domestic water ; Water use ; Water demand ; Population growth ; Surface irrigation ; Groundwater / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 VER Record No: H036617)
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Research comment on report of the National Commission on Integrated Water Resources Development (NCIWRD) titled “Integrated water resource development: A plan for action.”
5 Phansalkar, Sanjiv; Verma, Shilp. 2005. Mainstreaming the margins: water control strategies for enhancing tribal livelihoods in watersheds. In Sharma, Bharat; Samra, J. S.; Scott, Christopher; Wani, S. P. (Eds.). Watershed management challenges: improving productivity, resources and livelihoods. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR); International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) pp.200-216.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G635 SHA Record No: H037675)
6 Shah, Tushaar; Verma, Shilp; Bhamoriya, Vaibhav; Ghosh, Santanu; Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy. 2005. Social impact of technical innovations: study of organic cotton and low cost drip irrigation in the agrarian economy of West Nirmar Region. Report presenting synthesis of several studies carried out by IWMI under the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC) supported Maikaal Research Project and IWMI research on the theme of Mass Promotion of Micro-Irrigation Technologies in India. 48p.
Irrigated farming ; Cotton ; Drip irrigation ; Water conservation ; Research projects ; Data collection ; Farming systems ; Social aspects ; Economic impact / India / West Nirmar Region / Maikaal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G635 SHA Record No: H038084)
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7 Phansalkar, Sanjiv; Verma, Shilp. 2005. Mainstreaming the margins: water-centric livelihood strategies for revitalizing tribal agriculture in Central India. New Delhi, India: Angus and Grapher. xi, 212p.
Irrigated farming ; Participatory management ; Agricultural society ; Social aspects ; Social development ; Forest policy ; Cultivation ; Land tenure ; Water control ; Watershed management ; Irrigation ; Farmers ; Gender / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G635 PHA Record No: H036627)
8 Namara, Regassa; Hussain, I.; Bossio, Deborah; Verma, Shilp. 2007. Innovative land and water management approaches in Asia: Productivity impacts, adoption prospects and poverty outreach. Irrigation and Drainage, 56:335-348.
Land management ; Rice ; Intermittent irrigation / Asia / India / Nepal / Pakistan / China / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G570 NAM Record No: H040009)
9 Shah, Tushaar; Verma, Shilp. 2008. Co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat’s Jyotirgram Scheme. Economic and Political Weekly, 43(7): 59-66.
Groundwater management ; Electricity supplies ; Electrification ; Tube wells ; Groundwater irrigation ; Farmers attitudes ; Villages / India / Gujarat / Saurashtra / Jyotirgram Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9104 G635 SHA Record No: H040848)
In September 2003, the government of Gujarat introduced the Jyotirgram Yojana to improve rural power supply. Two major changes have since taken place: (a) villages get 24 hour three-phase power supply for domestic use, in schools, hospitals, village industries, all subject to metered tariff; and (b) tubewell owners get eight hours/day of power but of full voltage and on a pre-announced schedule. It has, however, offered a mixed bag to medium and large farmers and hit marginal farmers and the landless. This article offers an assessment of the impact of Jyotirgram, and argues that with some refinements it presents a model that other states can follow with profit.
10 Verma, Shilp; Phansalkar, Sanjiv J. 2007. India’s water future 2050: potential deviations from ‘business-as-usual’ International Journal of Rural Management, 3(1): 149-179.
Water resources ; Water accounting ; Water use ; Irrigation water ; Domestic water ; Water requirements ; Water resource management ; Planning / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G635 VER Record No: H041128)
11 Verma, Shilp; Kampman, D. A.; van der Zaag, P.; Hoekstra, A. Y. 2008. Going against the flow: a critical analysis of virtual water trade in the context of India’s National River Linking Program. 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.1. Keynotes; Cross-cutting topics. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.58-64.
River basin development ; Development projects ; Virtual water ; Trade policy ; Water market ; Food policy / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041773)
http://ifwf2.org/addons/download_presentation.php?fid=1001
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041773.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041773.pdf
12 Shah, Tushaar; Verma, Shilp. 2008. Real-time co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat’s pioneering Jyotirgram Scheme. In Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Sharma, Bharat R. (Eds.) Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Analyses of Hydrological, Social and Ecological Issues of the NRLP, New Delhi, India, 9-10 October 2007. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.327-344.
Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumps ; Electrification ; Farmers attitudes ; Share cropping ; Poverty ; User charges ; Rural economy / India / Gujarat / Jyotirgram Scheme / Sabarkantha
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635 AMA Record No: H041811)
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13 Verma, Shilp; van der Zaag, P.; Uhlenbrook, S. 2008. Small reservoirs, big impacts?: exploring alternate models of river basin development. 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.1-5.
River basin management ; Hydrology ; Dams ; Reservoirs ; Water harvesting ; Irrigation management / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041845)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3708/IFWF2_proceedings_Volume%20III.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041845.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041845.pdf
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14 Verma, Shilp; Phansalkar, Sanjiv. 2009. India’s water future 2050: potential deviations from ‘business-as-usual’ In Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Shah, Tushaar; Malik, R. P. S. (Eds.). Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 1: India’s water future: scenarios and issues. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.25-50.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635 AMA Record No: H042031)
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15 Verma, Shilp. 2004. Promoting micro irrigation in India: a review of evidence and recent developments. Draft paper based on research by IWMI-Tata Core Team, for discussion at the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program Annual Partners' Meet 2004. 14p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042290)
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In the classical model of irrigation efficiency, all water applied to the crop is treated as consumed or lost while the integrated basin view of irrigation efficiency views only the effective evapo-transpiration as the consumptive use in irrigation. In either case, increased water efficiency at farm/individual level would not lead to water saving at the system (basin) level unless these higher farm efficiencies are achieved system-wide! Thus, unless the adoption of micro-irrigation is scaled up, it would not make any significant contribution to alleviating the problem of groundwater depletion and in resolving various related issues. Even after more than three decades of promotion by various government and non-government agencies, the spread of micro-irrigation in India is miniscule. The limited growth of micro-irrigation technologies in India can, to a large extent, be explained by the apparent gap between what ha s been marketed and where the demand lies. This paper tries to understand the adoption, spread, impacts, market dynamics and constraints of micro-irrigation technologies through an extensive review of literature and by capturing recent development in the field to derive conclusions and implications for promotion of these technologies, especially among the poor.
16 Verma, Shilp; Tsephal, S.; Jose, T. 2004. Promoting micro-irrigation in India: lessons from Maikaal. Draft paper based on research by IWMI-Tata Core Team, for discussion at the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program Annual Partners' Meet 2004. 11p.
Drip irrigation ; Appropriate technology ; Water conservation ; Investment ; Costs / India / Madya Pradesh / West Nimar / Maharashtra / Jalgaon / Maikaal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042293)
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17 Verma, Shilp; Kampman, D. A.; van der Zaag, P.; Hoekstra, A. K. 2009. Addressing India’s water challenge 2050: the virtual water trade option. In International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India Series 5. Proceedings of the Second National Workshop on Strategic Issues in Indian Irrigation, New Delhi, India, 8-9 April 2009. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.215-231.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042695)
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18 Pavelic, Paul; Villholth, Karen G.; Verma, Shilp. 2013. Identifying the barriers and pathways forward for expanding the use of groundwater for irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Water International, 38(4):363-368. (Special issue on "Sustainable groundwater development for improved livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa, Part 1" with contributions by IWMI authors). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2013.821643]
Groundwater resources ; Groundwater irrigation ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Irrigated farming ; Pumps ; Investment / Sub-Saharan Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H046062)
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19 Pavelic, Paul; Villholth, Karen G.; Verma, Shilp. (Eds.) 2013. Sustainable groundwater development for improved livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Part 1. Water International, 38(4):363-503. (Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors).
Groundwater development ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater recharge ; Living standards ; Sustainability ; Small scale systems ; Smallholders ; Evapotranspiration ; Dry season ; Pumps ; Hydrogeology ; Water quality / Sub-Saharan Africa / Ghana / Niger / Ethiopia / Zambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H046254)
20 Pavelic, Paul; Villholth, Karen G.; Verma, Shilp. (Eds.) 2013. Sustainable groundwater development for improved livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Part 2. Water International, 38(6):790-863. (Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors).
Groundwater development ; Groundwater irrigation ; Living standards ; Sustainability ; Pumps ; Smallholders ; Water user associations ; Poverty ; Gender ; Cost benefit analysis / Sub-Saharan Africa / Ghana / Ethiopia / Zambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H046255)
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