Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution

The plains of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin, encompassing Bangladesh, Nepal terai and eastern India, are home to a quarter of the world’s rural poor. The basin’s copious aquifers are the biggest hope for millions of smallholders locked into unviable agriculture. Studies suggest shallow...

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Autores principales: Shah, Tushaar, Verma, Shilp, Rai, Gyan Prakash, Durga, Neha
Formato: Brochure
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103725
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author Shah, Tushaar
Verma, Shilp
Rai, Gyan Prakash
Durga, Neha
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Rai, Gyan Prakash
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description The plains of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin, encompassing Bangladesh, Nepal terai and eastern India, are home to a quarter of the world’s rural poor. The basin’s copious aquifers are the biggest hope for millions of smallholders locked into unviable agriculture. Studies suggest shallow groundwater wells can support 2.5 crops/year in much of the basin without threat of depletion. Yet, cropping intensities hover around 1.2- 1.5 in most parts. Rapid expansion in shallow tubewell irrigation has begun to show productivity improvement for tubewell owners, but marginal farmers and tenants remain in a disadvantageous position in this tubewell irrigation economy.
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spelling CGSpace1037252023-07-03T04:58:10Z Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution Shah, Tushaar Verma, Shilp Rai, Gyan Prakash Durga, Neha solar energy The plains of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin, encompassing Bangladesh, Nepal terai and eastern India, are home to a quarter of the world’s rural poor. The basin’s copious aquifers are the biggest hope for millions of smallholders locked into unviable agriculture. Studies suggest shallow groundwater wells can support 2.5 crops/year in much of the basin without threat of depletion. Yet, cropping intensities hover around 1.2- 1.5 in most parts. Rapid expansion in shallow tubewell irrigation has begun to show productivity improvement for tubewell owners, but marginal farmers and tenants remain in a disadvantageous position in this tubewell irrigation economy. 2018-12 2019-09-23T11:41:50Z 2019-09-23T11:41:50Z Brochure https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103725 en Open Access application/pdf Shah, Tushaar ; Verma, Shilp ; Rai, Gyan P. ; Durga, Neha. 2019. Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution. CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 4p. December, 2018
spellingShingle solar energy
Shah, Tushaar
Verma, Shilp
Rai, Gyan Prakash
Durga, Neha
Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
title Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
title_full Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
title_fullStr Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
title_full_unstemmed Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
title_short Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
title_sort promoting solar irrigation service providers in ganga basin jobs affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
topic solar energy
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103725
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