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Sustainable Development in India Koichi Fujita

Sustainable Development in India By Koichi Fujita

Sustainable Development in India by Koichi Fujita


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This book explores and interrogates the food-water-energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India's economic development.

Sustainable Development in India Summary

Sustainable Development in India: Groundwater Irrigation, Energy Use, and Food Production by Koichi Fujita

This book explores and interrogates the food-water-energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India's economic development.

The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of electricity tariff reforms and related policies on irrigated agriculture.

A comprehensive examination of various important issues related to South Asian agricultural development in the past and in the present, this book will be a valuable reference for researchers of Asian development, sustainable development, environmental policy, South Asian Studies and Development Studies.

About Koichi Fujita

Koichi Fujita is Professor of Economics at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University, Japan.

Tsukasa Mizushima is Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part I Land, Water, and Population in the Past and Future 2. Land Development and Demographic Change in Tamil Nadu from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century 3. From Sharing Risks to Taking Risks: System of Entitlements and its Fragmentation in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Orissa 4. Bengal Agrarian Society during late Colonial Rule: The Development of the Sundarbans 5. Sustaining Tank Irrigation in South India through Time-Tested Measures 6. Ahar: A Traditional Irrigation System in Southern Bihar Part II Regional Path Dependencies and Policy Orientations for Sustainability 7. Overview of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus in India and South Asia 8. Challenges of Growth and Sustainability: Agriculture in Indian Punjab 9. Nitrogen Cycle and Fertilizer Subsidy in India 10. Sustainability of Groundwater-Irrigated Agriculture in India: Case Studies of Punjab and Tamil Nadu 11. Farm Power Policies and Groundwater Markets: Contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990-2015)

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NPB9780367460976
9780367460976
0367460971
Sustainable Development in India: Groundwater Irrigation, Energy Use, and Food Production by Koichi Fujita
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2020-09-24
252
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