Often, as a frantic response to problems of water scarcity and consequent hardships faced by both urban and communities, India has invested heavily in rainwater harvesting. Unlike investment in large water resource systems, these efforts, by and large, lack hydrological planning and sound...

We approach the issue of water productivity in agriculture by identifying five sets of drivers of change. We find that irrigation efficiencies at the field level can result in real water savings under certain conditions, but that small farmers in most of South Asia and Africa have little...

1. Water-food-energy nexus : global and local perspectives / M. Dinesh Kumar. [et al.] -- 2. Unraveling Gujarat's agricultural growth story / M. Dinesh Kumar. [et al.] -- 3. Ghost workers and invisible dams : checking the validity of claims about impacts of NREGA / Nitin Bassi, M. Dinesh Kumar...

1. Food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies : the water challenge / M. Dinesh Kumar, M.V.K Sivamohan and Nitin Bassi -- 2. Key issues in Indian irrigation / M. Dinesh Kumar, A. Narayanamoorthy and M.V.K. Sivamohan -- 3. Food security challenges in India : exploring the...