When Water Runs Out: Adaptation to Gradual Environmental Change in Indian Agriculture

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dc.creatorFishman, Ram
dc.creatorJain, Meha
dc.creatorKishore, Avinash
dc.date2026-02-06T20:33:53Z
dc.date2026-02-06T20:33:53Z
dc.date2025-06-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:30:39Z
dc.descriptionIncreasing water scarcity will affect hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers in coming decades, but little is known about the likely forms of adaptation. This study exploits a natural experiment in which heterogeneous geological formations affect the rate of groundwater depletion across 40 villages in Gujarat, India, to provide novel evidence on this question. The analysis reveals that greater water scarcity leads to widespread declines in irrigated agriculture and enhanced migration to cities, but only among dominant socio-economic groups. No evidence is found of substantial compensating investments in water-efficient technologies or in human capital, despite farmers having long been aware of the decline in water levels.
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dc.identifierRam Fishman, Meha Jain, Avinash Kishore, When Water Runs Out: Adaptation to Gradual Environmental Change in Indian Agriculture, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026, Pages 1–28, https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhaf012
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/44298
dc.identifier10.1093/wber/lhaf012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/404904
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.titleWhen Water Runs Out: Adaptation to Gradual Environmental Change in Indian Agriculture
dc.typeJournal Article

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