September 4 at 11:00 am Eastern Time
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtduGoqDopHNSMRgwJQor6F4-tc6TFzSQH
South
Asia is home to the world's largest number of smallholder farmers and
the agricultural production in the region relies heavily on groundwater
irrigation. Intensification of groundwater irrigation in the region is
linked to improvement in food security and poverty reduction via higher
agricultural productivity. However, it has serious implications on
climate change, particularly because groundwater is extracted using
fossil-fuel pumps. Efforts to curb CO2 emissions are underway, but the
adoption of such practices and technologies is low and sporadic. In this
session, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities of
groundwater irrigation in South Asia highlighting three ongoing studies
from India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. We will discuss pricing farm
electricity and water use efficiency in India, benefits of solar
irrigation in Bangladesh and how the accumulation of human-made capital
has contributed to the decline in groundwater capital in Nepal and
India.
Organizer: Kashi Kafle, Texas A&M University
Pricing Farm Electricity, Water Use and Efficiency: The Case of Paddy Cultivation in Punjab
Speaker: Disha Gupta, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
A place in the sun: farmers' co-benefits from solar irrigation in Bangladesh
Speaker: Marie-Charlotte Buisson, IWMI-CGIAR
The Depletion of Groundwater Capital and Accumulation of Man-Made Capital
Speaker: Ram Fishman, Tel Aviv University
Discussion on groundwater irrigation for sustainable development in South Asia
Speaker: Soumya Balasubramanya, The World Bank
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