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 d...
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| author | Sikka, Alok Alam, Mohammad Faiz Pavelic, Paul |
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| description | 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, scientific and evidence-based, can make an important contribution to managing unsustainable groundwater use and strengthening the climate resilience of farmers due to groundwater's unique storage characteristics. This study brings together a set of strategies and solutions to better manage groundwater that cover the augmentation of groundwater recharge through managed aquifer recharge, management of groundwater demand through participatory groundwater management and other methods, and the harnessing synergies of co-dependent sectors. The opportunities, constraints and available evidence for each are analysed and the boundaries, barriers and specificities identified to establish entry points for positive change through policies and implementation programmes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1106752025-10-14T15:09:09Z Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia Sikka, Alok Alam, Mohammad Faiz Pavelic, Paul groundwater management sustainable agriculture climate change adaptation resilience groundwater recharge aquifers groundwater depletion groundwater irrigation water use water storage water demand water supply food security energy nexus strategies farmers participatory management policies state intervention 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, scientific and evidence-based, can make an important contribution to managing unsustainable groundwater use and strengthening the climate resilience of farmers due to groundwater's unique storage characteristics. This study brings together a set of strategies and solutions to better manage groundwater that cover the augmentation of groundwater recharge through managed aquifer recharge, management of groundwater demand through participatory groundwater management and other methods, and the harnessing synergies of co-dependent sectors. The opportunities, constraints and available evidence for each are analysed and the boundaries, barriers and specificities identified to establish entry points for positive change through policies and implementation programmes. 2021-07 2021-01-01T06:31:13Z 2021-01-01T06:31:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110675 en Limited Access Wiley Sikka, Alok K.; Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Pavelic, Paul. 2021. Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia. Irrigation and Drainage, 70(3):560-573. (Special issue: Development for Water, Food and Nutrition Security in a Competitive Environment. Selected Papers of the 3rd World Irrigation Forum, Bali, Indonesia) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2558] |
| spellingShingle | groundwater management sustainable agriculture climate change adaptation resilience groundwater recharge aquifers groundwater depletion groundwater irrigation water use water storage water demand water supply food security energy nexus strategies farmers participatory management policies state intervention Sikka, Alok Alam, Mohammad Faiz Pavelic, Paul Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title | Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_full | Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_fullStr | Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_short | Managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_sort | managing groundwater for building resilience for sustainable agriculture in south asia |
| topic | groundwater management sustainable agriculture climate change adaptation resilience groundwater recharge aquifers groundwater depletion groundwater irrigation water use water storage water demand water supply food security energy nexus strategies farmers participatory management policies state intervention |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110675 |
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