Private investments in groundwater irrigation and smallholder agriculture in West Bengal: opportunities and constraints

In Mukherjee, A. (Ed.). Groundwater of South Asia. Singapore: Springer

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cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.subregionWest Bengal
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3889-1_38en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH050084
cg.isbn9789811038884en
cg.isbn9789811038891en
cg.issn2364-6454en
cg.issn2364-6462en
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Partha Sarathien
dc.contributor.authorBiswas, Durbaen
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-31T08:43:56Zen
dc.date.available2021-01-31T08:43:56Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/111065
dc.titlePrivate investments in groundwater irrigation and smallholder agriculture in West Bengal: opportunities and constraintsen
dcterms.abstractPrivate investments in groundwater have emerged as the main pathway through which smallholder farmers in India access irrigation. This paper discusses the role of groundwater in agrarian growth in West Bengal, India. It finds that agricultural growth in the state has stagnated since mid-1990s, after an initial period of growth in the 1980s and early 1990s. We hypothesize that this stagnation was a direct result of slowdown in growth in groundwater irrigation. The reason for this slowdown was, in turn, government policies related to groundwater and electricity. The paper then goes on to discuss the Groundwater Act of 2005 as well as electrification policies of the government of West Bengal and locates these policies within the broader backdrop of groundwater resource endowments in the state. By juxtaposing groundwater policies and resource realities, the paper questions the relevance of current regulations and suggests some policy alternatives - alternatives that are likely to propel the state and its smallholder farmers on a path of higher agricultural growth.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.alternativeIn Mukherjee, A. (Ed.). Groundwater of South Asia. Singapore: Springeren
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.available2018-06-02
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMukherji, Aditi; Banerjee, Partha Sarathi; Biswas, Durba. 2018. Private investments in groundwater irrigation and smallholder agriculture in West Bengal: opportunities and constraints. In Mukherjee, A. (Ed.). Groundwater of South Asia. Singapore: Springer. pp.657-673. (Springer Hydrogeology) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3889-1_38]en
dcterms.extentp. 657-673en
dcterms.isPartOfSpringer Hydrogeologyen
dcterms.issued2018
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectgroundwater irrigationen
dcterms.subjectprivate investmenten
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectagricultural developmenten
dcterms.subjectagrarian reformen
dcterms.subjectgroundwater tableen
dcterms.subjectgroundwater extractionen
dcterms.subjectlegislationen
dcterms.subjectwater policyen
dcterms.subjectelectrificationen
dcterms.subjecttube wellsen
dcterms.subjectcostsen
dcterms.subjectstate interventionen
dcterms.subjectvillagesen
dcterms.subjectmonsoon climateen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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