Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin
'Getting prices right? is the silver bullet widely advocated to developing countries in fighting waste, misallocation and scarcity of water. In the vast, poverty-stricken Indo-Gangetic basin, however, high surrogate water price is driving out small-holder irrigation. With rising diesel prices, most...
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| author | Shah, Tushaar Ul-Hassan, Mehmood Khattak, M.Z. Banerjee, Partha Sarathi Singh, Om Prakash Ur Rehman, S. |
| author_browse | Banerjee, Partha Sarathi Khattak, M.Z. Shah, Tushaar Singh, Om Prakash Ul-Hassan, Mehmood Ur Rehman, S. |
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| description | 'Getting prices right? is the silver bullet widely advocated to developing countries in fighting waste, misallocation and scarcity of water. In the vast, poverty-stricken Indo-Gangetic basin, however, high surrogate water price is driving out small-holder irrigation. With rising diesel prices, most small-holders who use borewells for irrigation find effective water use cost soaring, obliging them to economize on water use even by quitting irrigated farming. Electrified borewell owners, far fewer, face low marginal cost but have to contend with stringent electricity rationing. Public irrigation systems grossly under-price irrigation, but these are getting marginalized despite massive government and donor investments. |
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| spelling | CGSpace406662023-06-12T16:07:00Z Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin Shah, Tushaar Ul-Hassan, Mehmood Khattak, M.Z. Banerjee, Partha Sarathi Singh, Om Prakash Ur Rehman, S. water scarcity irrigation water pricing water market poverty developing countries irrigation canals wells pumps energy expenditure tube wells water costs rice wheat 'Getting prices right? is the silver bullet widely advocated to developing countries in fighting waste, misallocation and scarcity of water. In the vast, poverty-stricken Indo-Gangetic basin, however, high surrogate water price is driving out small-holder irrigation. With rising diesel prices, most small-holders who use borewells for irrigation find effective water use cost soaring, obliging them to economize on water use even by quitting irrigated farming. Electrified borewell owners, far fewer, face low marginal cost but have to contend with stringent electricity rationing. Public irrigation systems grossly under-price irrigation, but these are getting marginalized despite massive government and donor investments. 2009 2014-06-13T14:48:09Z 2014-06-13T14:48:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40666 en Limited Access Shah, Tushaar; Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Khattak, M. Z.; Banerjee, P. S.; Singh, O. P.; Ur Rehman, S. 2009. Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin. World Development, 37(2):422-434. |
| spellingShingle | water scarcity irrigation water pricing water market poverty developing countries irrigation canals wells pumps energy expenditure tube wells water costs rice wheat Shah, Tushaar Ul-Hassan, Mehmood Khattak, M.Z. Banerjee, Partha Sarathi Singh, Om Prakash Ur Rehman, S. Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin |
| title | Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin |
| title_full | Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin |
| title_fullStr | Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin |
| title_short | Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin |
| title_sort | is irrigation water free a reality check in the indo gangetic basin |
| topic | water scarcity irrigation water pricing water market poverty developing countries irrigation canals wells pumps energy expenditure tube wells water costs rice wheat |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40666 |
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