When wells are welfare and not threat to farmers' well-being: Groundwater markets and politics in West Bengal, India
In this paper, I will argue that groundwater irrigation in well-endowed alluvial aquifers of the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra (GMB) is a source of wealth and welfare (and not threat) to its largely poor and agrarian population. I will illustrate this with the case of West Bengal. First, based on seconda...
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| Formato: | Conference Paper |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38583 |
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