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Research Papers
Farmer’s willingness to pay for groundwater irrigation: The case of Uttar Pradesh
Posted on 28 Sep, 2023 09:58 AMIrrigated 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)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/groundwater.jpg?itok=oAmFd3EA)
Monitoring water quality of lakes and ponds in Kolkata
Posted on 22 Sep, 2023 01:07 PMBiomonitoring, to assess the pollution levels in water bodies
![Santragachi Lake, beside Santragachi rail station at Santragachi, Howrah district, West Bengal (Image Source: Pinakpani via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/Santragachi_Lake_at_Santragachi%2C_Howrah_district_05.jpg?itok=iYcnK9U7)
Governance, incentives, and performance in urban water utilities
Posted on 21 Sep, 2023 07:57 PMIn developing countries, it is extremely difficult to strike a balance between the competing priorities of socioeconomic and environmental goals within water utilities. India's water industry struggles with problems like budget deficits, accessibility restrictions, and poor service standards.
![Study suggests increasing the duration of water supply hours could lead to improved service performance (Image: Pixnio)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/PIXNIO-45281-1350x1012.jpg?itok=cWqusd43)
Quality soil, crucial for women and child health in India
Posted on 04 Sep, 2023 08:47 AMMicronutrient deficiency is known to affect the health of over two billion people globally and is known to impact learning, IQ, motor skills, and immune system functions and has a lasting effect on children through adulthood.
![Soil quality, crucial for human health (Image Source: M Tullottes via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/HandsInSoil.jpg?itok=9EWM8B8E)
Changing crop types and water scarcity: The case of Marathwada
Posted on 27 Aug, 2023 04:57 AMMarathwada is one of the most drought-prone regions of India and the increasing severity of droughts and their adverse impacts on socioeconomic conditions in the region have been of major concern in recent years. Majority of the area of Marathwada is under rain-fed agriculture and the summer monsoon rainfall is crucial for agricultural production in the region.
![Sugarcane, the water thirsty crop of Marathwada (Image Source: Azhar Feder, Wikimedia Commons-CC-BY-SA-3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-08/sugarcane%20cutters1.jpg?itok=7q2t9bbD)
Intermittent water distribution networks: A tale of two cities
Posted on 25 Aug, 2023 04:55 PMIntermittent water distribution networks can be varied and complicated
![Improving water supply systems is crucial to improve access and prevent contamination (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-08/DW3.jpg?itok=wZI7Lvgi)
Recycled municipal solid waste improves soil productivity and sustainability
Posted on 11 Aug, 2023 07:48 PMSocio-economic changes like population pressure, industrialization, migration, and urbanisation have led to a significant increase in municipal solid waste in India. Solid waste generation is about 0.1 kg, 0.3–0.4 kg, and 0.5 kg per capita per day in small, medium, and large cities and towns in India, respectively (CPCB, 2005).
![Recycling of municipal solid waste provides clean, reliable energy from renewable sources (Image: Wallpaperflare; CC-0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-08/waste.jpg?itok=42bo6WGI)
Study reveals the increasing cost of debt caused by climate change
Posted on 07 Aug, 2023 12:57 PMClimate change will increase the cost of sovereign and corporate debt worldwide according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Cambridge. Published today in the journal Management Science, the study is the first to anchor climate science within “real world” financial indicators. It suggests that 59 nations will experience a drop in sovereign credit ra
![Human activities have been the main driver of climate change (Image: U3196787: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-08/Climate_change-environment.jpg?itok=r6QD57f8)
Smaller farm sizes limit the impact of agricultural intensification in Eastern India
Posted on 29 Jul, 2023 04:40 PMAgricultural intensification and irrigation development have been considered vital for achieving food security, climate action, and poverty reduction in small holder dominated poverty hotspots of the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) in South Asia informs this paper titled 'Farm size limits agriculture’s