Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat

During the past 50 years, Gujarat has led India's exemplary growth in dairy production by forging the world's best known cooperative movement. Thanks to the market access and production enhancement programmes run by cooperatives, dairying has emerged at the centre stage of rural livelihoods systems...

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Main Authors: Singh, Om Prakash, Sharma, Amrita, Singh, Rahul, Shah, Tushaar
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41138
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Sharma, Amrita
Singh, Rahul
Shah, Tushaar
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description During the past 50 years, Gujarat has led India's exemplary growth in dairy production by forging the world's best known cooperative movement. Thanks to the market access and production enhancement programmes run by cooperatives, dairying has emerged at the centre stage of rural livelihoods systems in arid and semi-arid regions. However, intensification of dairying has been accompanied by intensive use of water used in growing feed and fodder. This study estimates that dairying-based rural livelihoods systems are now threatening the limited water resources of arid and semi-arid areas, and their future in turn is threatened by the depletion of these resources. The paper analyses virtual water exports and imports by some of the leading dairy cooperatives of Gujarat.
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spelling CGSpace411382023-02-15T12:14:10Z Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat Singh, Om Prakash Sharma, Amrita Singh, Rahul Shah, Tushaar water use productivity irrigation water crop production livestock During the past 50 years, Gujarat has led India's exemplary growth in dairy production by forging the world's best known cooperative movement. Thanks to the market access and production enhancement programmes run by cooperatives, dairying has emerged at the centre stage of rural livelihoods systems in arid and semi-arid regions. However, intensification of dairying has been accompanied by intensive use of water used in growing feed and fodder. This study estimates that dairying-based rural livelihoods systems are now threatening the limited water resources of arid and semi-arid areas, and their future in turn is threatened by the depletion of these resources. The paper analyses virtual water exports and imports by some of the leading dairy cooperatives of Gujarat. 2004 2014-06-13T14:57:27Z 2014-06-13T14:57:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41138 en Limited Access Singh, Om Prakash; Sharma, Amrita; Singh, Rahul; Shah, Tushaar. 2004. Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat. Economic and Political Weekly, 39(31):3492-3497.
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productivity
irrigation water
crop production
livestock
Singh, Om Prakash
Sharma, Amrita
Singh, Rahul
Shah, Tushaar
Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat
title Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat
title_full Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat
title_fullStr Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat
title_full_unstemmed Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat
title_short Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat
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topic water use
productivity
irrigation water
crop production
livestock
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41138
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