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 populat...
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| author | Mukherji, Aditi |
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| description | 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, leading to perverse incentives that encourage groundwater overexploitation. The paper argues that solutions to India’s groundwater problems need to be embedded within the current context of its water-energy-food nexus. Examples are provided of changes underway in some water-energy-food policies that may halt further groundwater depletion. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1103822024-06-26T10:18:13Z Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach Mukherji, Aditi groundwater management sustainability water policy energy policies food policies nexus green revolution public investment private investment subsidies groundwater depletion groundwater irrigation electricity supplies tariffs solar energy pumps pumping canals tube wells water use food prices agriculture food production nutrition 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, leading to perverse incentives that encourage groundwater overexploitation. The paper argues that solutions to India’s groundwater problems need to be embedded within the current context of its water-energy-food nexus. Examples are provided of changes underway in some water-energy-food policies that may halt further groundwater depletion. 2022-03 2020-12-03T14:16:33Z 2020-12-03T14:16:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110382 en Open Access Wiley Mukherji, Aditi. 2022. Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 44(1):394-410. (Special issue: CWAE 40th Anniversary) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13123] |
| spellingShingle | groundwater management sustainability water policy energy policies food policies nexus green revolution public investment private investment subsidies groundwater depletion groundwater irrigation electricity supplies tariffs solar energy pumps pumping canals tube wells water use food prices agriculture food production nutrition Mukherji, Aditi Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach |
| title | Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach |
| title_full | Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach |
| title_short | Sustainable groundwater management in India needs a water-energy-food nexus approach |
| title_sort | sustainable groundwater management in india needs a water energy food nexus approach |
| topic | groundwater management sustainability water policy energy policies food policies nexus green revolution public investment private investment subsidies groundwater depletion groundwater irrigation electricity supplies tariffs solar energy pumps pumping canals tube wells water use food prices agriculture food production nutrition |
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