Can Micro-Irrigation Technologies Resolve India’s Groundwater Crisis? Reflections from Dark-Regions in Gujarat

Upfront capital costs of micro-irrigation technologies are subsidized across the dark-zone regions of the state of Gujarat, where groundwater was observed as over-extracted, with an anticipation that wide-scale adoption could perhaps reduce pressure on the aquifer. From a macro-perspective, the real...

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Main Authors: Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, P.K. Viswanathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services) 2019-10-01
Series:International Journal of the Commons
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Online Access:https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/888