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 …

. 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 …

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 …

therefore not sufficient to change the bad performance of agriculture of the last decades …