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Farmer’s willingness to pay for groundwater irrigation: The case of Uttar Pradesh

Is there a potential for introducing an organised groundwater irrigation market in Western Uttar Pradesh, where informal groundwater markets continue to thrive?

S.P. Singh

Diptimayee Nayak

Posted on 28 Sep, 2023 09:58 AM

Irrigated agriculture consumes the largest share of freshwater resources, including both surface water and groundwater. As high as 40 percent of irrigation is dependent on groundwater, accounting for 70 percent of the total groundwater extractions world over and this share is predicted to increase with climate change.

Groundwater, fast diminishing resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)

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