indiaWater scarcity is an acute problem for a monsoon-dependent country such as India, since a large part of its farm output, income, and employment emanates from a relatively small irrigated area. How farmers cope with such wa ter scarcity at the micro-level is as important, if not more...
Water scarcity and climate change in India: need for water demand and supply management. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 56 (4), 671-686.R.M. Saleh, Water scarcity change in India: The need for water demand and supply management .Hydro. Sci. Jour. 56 (4) (2011) 671-686....
Chand Baori is a 64-foot deep well that is accessible via several flights of stairs. It is located 100 miles west of Agra and 60 miles east of Jaipur. Baori means stepwell while Chand represents King Chanda of the Gujara Pratihara clan. He ruled much of Northern Medieval India when the...
Biswas, S. P. (1996) Global water scarcity: issues and implications with special reference to India. Verh. int. Ver. Limnol. 26: pp. 115-121Biswas, S.P. (1996)Global water scarcity: Issues and implication with special reference to India. Verh. Inter. Verein. Limnol. 26 , 115–21....
The case of water in western India Water scarcity is usually portrayed in absolute or volumetric terms. But do most analyses of scarcity focus on how the 'problem' of scarcity is constructed... L Mehta - 《Land Use Policy》 被引量: 121发表: 2007年 Water Markets in India: Economic and ...
The first day in India we went to Seghal Foundation's headquarters in Gurugram. Here, we listened to presentations about SMSF's work and projects. We then learned how to use the sensors we would be using in the field in the following weeks. ...
The central problem is that so much water is wasted, mainly by farmers. Agri-culture uses three-quarters of the world’s water. Because water is usually free, thirsty crops like alfalfa (苜蓿) are grown in arid California. Wheat in India and Brazil uses twice as much water as wheat in ...
Water scarcitymay seem to be a problem of local water availability. However, its drivers are often global in nature due to globalization as several economic sectors, such asagriculture, energy, and transportation, rely heavily on reliablewater supplyfor their commodities to be traded and consumed ...
He also said that India had achieved the distinction of a food exporting country from being a food deficient nation, but the scarcity of water in near future can worsen the situation and hence there is a need for the revival of traditional water bodies and more vigorous effort should be made...
The central problem is that so much water is wasted, mainly by farmers. Agri-culture uses three-quarters of the world’s water. Because water is usually free, thirsty crops like alfalfa (苜蓿) are grown in arid California. Wheat in India and Brazil uses twice as much water as wheat in ...