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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Main Author:	Mukherji, Aditi
Format:	Conference Paper
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2007
Subjects:	groundwater irrigation water market tube wells villages contracts prices water rates crop production costs farmers political aspects
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38583