Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin

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dc.creatorShah, Tushaar
dc.creatorUl-Hassan, Mehmood
dc.creatorKhattak, M.Z.
dc.creatorBanerjee, Partha Sarathi
dc.creatorSingh, Om Prakash
dc.creatorUr Rehman, S.
dc.date2009
dc.date2014-06-13T14:48:09Z
dc.date2014-06-13T14:48:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:34:03Z
dc.description'Getting prices right? is the silver bullet widely advocated to developing countries in fighting waste, misallocation and scarcity of water. In the vast, poverty-stricken Indo-Gangetic basin, however, high surrogate water price is driving out small-holder irrigation. With rising diesel prices, most small-holders who use borewells for irrigation find effective water use cost soaring, obliging them to economize on water use even by quitting irrigated farming. Electrified borewell owners, far fewer, face low marginal cost but have to contend with stringent electricity rationing. Public irrigation systems grossly under-price irrigation, but these are getting marginalized despite massive government and donor investments.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/40666
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/159628
dc.languageen
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceShah, Tushaar; Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Khattak, M. Z.; Banerjee, P. S.; Singh, O. P.; Ur Rehman, S. 2009. Is irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin. World Development, 37(2):422-434.
dc.subjectwater scarcity
dc.subjectirrigation water
dc.subjectpricing
dc.subjectwater market
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectirrigation canals
dc.subjectwells
dc.subjectpumps
dc.subjectenergy expenditure
dc.subjecttube wells
dc.subjectwater costs
dc.subjectrice
dc.subjectwheat
dc.titleIs irrigation water free?: a reality check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin
dc.typeJournal Article

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