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Water and Agricultural Transformation in India: A Symbiotic Relationship -- I -Mihir Shah, PS Vijayshankar and Francesca Harris

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published Published on Jul 17, 2021   modified Modified on Jul 25, 2021

-Economic and Political Weekly

An argument for twin propositions is presented in this two-part paper: (i) that solving India’s water problem requires a paradigm shift in agriculture (Part I), and (ii) that the crisis in Indian agriculture cannot be resolved without a paradigm shift in water management and governance (Part II). If farming takes up 90% of India’s water and just three water-intensive crops continue to use 80% of agricultural water, the basic water needs of millions of people, for drinking water or protective irrigation, cannot be met. This first part argues that the paradigm shift in agriculture requires a shift in cropping patterns suited to each agroecological region, a movement from monoculture to polycultural crop biodiversity, a decisive move towards agroecological farming, and greater emphasis on soil rejuvenation.

Please click here to access the part-I of the article. 

Please click here to access the part-II of the article. 
 


Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 56, Issue No. 29, 17 July, 2021, https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/29/special-articles/water-and-agricultural-transformation-india.html


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