Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution
2019
neha durga | tushaar shah | shilp verma | gyan p. rai
Tushaar Shah, Shilp Verma, Gyan P. Rai, Neha Durga, 'Promoting solar irrigation service providers in Ganga basin: jobs, affordable irrigation and accelerated green revolution', pp.4p, 2019
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]The plains of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin, encompassing Bangladesh, Nepal terai and eastern India, are home to a quarter of the world�??s rural poor. The basin�??s copious aquifers are the biggest hope for millions of smallholders locked into unviable agriculture. Studies suggest shallow groundwater wells can support 2.5 crops/year in much of the basin without threat of depletion. Yet, cropping intensities hover around 1.2- 1.5 in most parts. Rapid expansion in shallow tubewell irrigation has begun to show productivity improvement for tubewell owners, but marginal farmers and tenants remain in a disadvantageous position in this tubewell irrigation economy
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