Sustainable expansion of groundwater-based solar water pumping for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Who is likely to benefit from public and private sector investments in farmer-led irrigation development? Evidence from ...
In recent years, farmer-led irrigation development has gained the interest of development partners and governments in the Global South following its success in enhancing agricultural production and livelihoods in South Asia. However, little is known about the socio-economic situation of farmers who receive public support for its expansion. Consider...
Solar photovoltaic technology for small-scale irrigation in Ghana: suitability mapping and business models. Agricultural...
This report assesses the potential of solar photovoltaic (PV) irrigation for smallholder agriculture in Ghana, using elements of business planning and business models with a suitability mapping approach. These approaches take into account the economic as well as environmental sustainability of expanding such technology. Using data from existing sol...
Improving economic water productivity to enhance resilience in canal irrigation systems: a pilot study of the Sina Irrig...
This paper proposes scenarios to achieve more crop per drop and irrigation for all in water-scarce irrigation systems, with a particular reference to India. It uses economic water productivity (EWP) and water cost curve for EWP as tools to reallocate irrigation consumptive water use (CWU) and identify economically viable cropping patterns. Assessed...
Balancing livelihoods and environment: political economy of groundwater irrigation in India / In Mukherjee, A.; Scanlon,...
India’s agricultural economy has undergone profound transformation in the past 50 years with the rapid spread of groundwater irrigation. The tube well revolution has democratized irrigation, made famines history, helped alleviate agrarian poverty and made India food secure. However, the spread of private tube wells has cannibalized canals and tanks...
Global groundwater: source, scarcity, sustainability, security, and solutions
Utilizing floodwaters for recharging depleted aquifers and sustaining irrigation: lessons from multi-scale assessments i...
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Pragmatic, cost-effective, socially inclusive and scalable solutions that reduce risks from recurrent cycles of floods and droughts would greatly benefit emerging economies. One promising approach known as Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI) involves recharging depleted aquifers with seasonal high flows to provide additional ground...
Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia
South Asia's heavy reliance on groundwater for irrigated agricultural production supports the livelihoods of tens of millions of smallholder farmers but is being undermined by rampant overexploitation of groundwater. Without major intervention, this is expected to be further exacerbated by growing demand and climate change. Groundwater management, ...
Shifting gender relations in agriculture and irrigation in the Nepal Tarai-Madhesh
This report explores how women perceive participation and empowerment vis-a-vis access to water and other agricultural resources in the Tarai/Madhesh of Nepal. The report argues that gendered vulnerability is indeed intricately connected with other axes of difference, such as caste and economic status, despite women’s critical role in agricultural ...
Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach
Groundwater depletion in India is a result of water, energy, and food policies that have given rise to a nexus where growth in agriculture has been supported by unsustainable trends in water and energy use. This nexus emanates from India’s policy of providing affordable calories to its large population. This requires that input prices are kept low,...
