We estimate the effect of large dams on malaria incidence in India between 1975 and 1995. We combine instrumental … construction benefits agriculture in the vicinity of dams, as well as in downstream areas. These positive effects are driven by … increased irrigation and cultivation in the vicinity of dams, while they are driven by changes in cropping patterns in …

Water the critical resource of agriculture, has not been well managed in India, despite the country being an … discusses pertinent issues related to irrigation in India and the strategies and arrangements to address water scarcity for …, irrigated. Agriculture uses 85 per cent of the water resources with low efficiency. The rain-fed area is the critical area of …

Water the critical resource of agriculture, has not been well managed in India, despite the country being an … discusses pertinent issues related to irrigation in India and the strategies and arrangements to address water scarcity for …, irrigated. Agriculture uses 85 per cent of the water resources with low efficiency. The rainfed area is the critical area of …

. Agriculture growth was around 4.7 per cent, which was above the national average of 3.6 per cent and in the latest five years, its … performance was even more commendable, with an average annual growth rate of 7.1 per cent. However, agriculture productivity of … in yield augmenting inputs such as fertilisers, certified seeds, tube wells and farm machines. Bihar's agriculture has …

agriculture. During the five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15, the contribution of agriculture to the state GDP recorded an annual … average growth of a mere 0.9 per cent. This paper studies the composition, sources and potential drivers of agriculture growth …, it makes three principal recommendations to stimulate agricultural growth in the state. viz., expansion of irrigation …

irrigation water available in the country. Hence if sustainable agriculture water-use has to be ensured, economics (productivity … irrigation water and power used in agriculture on per hectare basis, and then let the water markets operate amongst farmers 5 …Indian agriculture is estimated to be consuming about 78 percent of total fresh water resources available in the …

per annum, which is the highest growth rate registered in agriculture by any major state of India over a ten year period … a lesson worth learning for many states of India who are struggling to get their agriculture moving. In this paper, we …Agriculture growth in Madhya Pradesh (MP) during the decade long period of 2005-06 to 2014-15 was around 9.7 per cent …

emissions. This has led the media, policy makers and the public to overlook industrial agriculture, one of the principal … contributors to global greenhouse emissions. Industrial agriculture – particularly industrial livestock activity – emits … oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). In fact, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture far exceed those from transportation. Yet …