Irrigating with arsenic contaminated groundwater in the Bengal Delta: a review of mitigation options.

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.contributor.donorSir Ratan Tata Trusten
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349
cg.identifier.wlethemeLand and Water Productivity
cg.journalIWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlighten
cg.subject.wleGROUNDWATERen
cg.subject.wleWATER VARIABILITYen
cg.subject.wleIRRIGATIONen
cg.subject.wleAGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.wlePOVERTY/FOOD SECURITY/LIVELIHOODSen
cg.subject.wleIMPACTen
cg.subject.wleFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.wleWATER QUALITY/POLLUTIONen
dc.contributor.authorSenanayke, N.en
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-21T05:02:24Zen
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-02T16:39:50Zen
dc.date.available2013-11-21T05:02:24Zen
dc.date.available2014-02-02T16:39:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/34566
dc.titleIrrigating with arsenic contaminated groundwater in the Bengal Delta: a review of mitigation options.en
dcterms.abstractThis Highlight reviews 34 papers that deal with interventions aimed at reducing negative impacts of irrigating with Arsenic (As) rich water. These studies show that there are six broad groups of interventions: deficit irrigation, soil fertilization, growing crops other than paddy, switching to As tolerant paddy cultivars, cooking methods to reduce As content in cooked rice and nutritional supplements. All these treatments are effective in reducing the uptake of As in grains and its accumulation in soil and increasing crop yields compared to control group, but the extent of these impacts vary. From a policy perspective, it is encouraging that these interventions are able to mitigate the negative impact of As in irrigation water to varying extent. This is because poor farmers in the Bengal delta are likely to continue to use groundwater for irrigation in the foreseeable future in the absence of any other viable options.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSenanayke, N.; Mukherji, Aditi. 2012. Irrigating with arsenic contaminated groundwater in the Bengal Delta: a review of mitigation options. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 12. 7p.en
dcterms.issued2012
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; Non-commercial use only
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren
dcterms.subjectarsenicen
dcterms.subjectchemical contaminationen
dcterms.subjectpollutantsen
dcterms.subjectpollution controlen
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectfertilizer applicationen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectvarietiesen
dcterms.subjectcooking methodsen
dcterms.subjectwater variabilityen
dcterms.typeBrief

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