Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability
In the highly populated South Asian region, where pump irrigation has gained predominance over gravity-flow irrigation in recent decades, the fortunes of groundwater and energy economies are closely tied. Little can be done in the groundwater economy that will not affect the energy economy, and the...
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| author | Shah, Tushaar Scott, Christopher A. Kishore, Avinash Sharma, Abhishek |
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| description | In the highly populated South Asian region, where pump irrigation has gained predominance over gravity-flow irrigation in recent decades, the fortunes of groundwater and energy economies are closely tied. Little can be done in the groundwater economy that will not affect the energy economy, and the struggle to make the energy economy viable is frustrated by the often violent opposition from the farming community to the rationalization of energy prices. As a result, the region's groundwater economy has boomed at the expense of the development of the energy economy. This report suggests that this does not have to be so; and the first step to evolving approaches to sustaining a prosperous groundwater economy with a viable power sector is for the decision makers in the two sectors to talk to each other, and jointly explore better options for energy-groundwater co-management which, the authors suggest, have so far been overlooked. |
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| spelling | CGSpace398572025-11-07T08:46:52Z Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability Shah, Tushaar Scott, Christopher A. Kishore, Avinash Sharma, Abhishek groundwater irrigation farmer-led irrigation energy consumption irrigation systems pumps tube wells policy making user charges costs In the highly populated South Asian region, where pump irrigation has gained predominance over gravity-flow irrigation in recent decades, the fortunes of groundwater and energy economies are closely tied. Little can be done in the groundwater economy that will not affect the energy economy, and the struggle to make the energy economy viable is frustrated by the often violent opposition from the farming community to the rationalization of energy prices. As a result, the region's groundwater economy has boomed at the expense of the development of the energy economy. This report suggests that this does not have to be so; and the first step to evolving approaches to sustaining a prosperous groundwater economy with a viable power sector is for the decision makers in the two sectors to talk to each other, and jointly explore better options for energy-groundwater co-management which, the authors suggest, have so far been overlooked. 2004 2014-06-13T14:29:33Z 2014-06-13T14:29:33Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39857 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Shah, Tushaar; Scott, Christopher; Kishore, Avinash; Sharma, Abhishek. 2004. Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability. 2nd rev. ed. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 28p. (IWMI Research Report 070) |
| spellingShingle | groundwater irrigation farmer-led irrigation energy consumption irrigation systems pumps tube wells policy making user charges costs Shah, Tushaar Scott, Christopher A. Kishore, Avinash Sharma, Abhishek Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability |
| title | Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability |
| title_full | Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability |
| title_fullStr | Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability |
| title_short | Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability |
| title_sort | energy irrigation nexus in south asia improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability |
| topic | groundwater irrigation farmer-led irrigation energy consumption irrigation systems pumps tube wells policy making user charges costs |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39857 |
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