Invisible water, visible impact
Groundwater use and Indian agriculture under climate change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15549482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esha Zaveri (0000-0002-3460-4182, Pennsylvania State University), Danielle Grogan (0000-0001-7661-8454, University of New Hampshire, corresponding author), Danielle S Grogan, Karen Fisher‐Vanden (0000-0001-9707-9146, Pennsylvania State University), Steve Frolking (0000-0001-6414-5004, University of New Hampshire), Richard B Lammers (0000-0002-7980-5834, University of New Hampshire), Douglas H Wrenn (0000-0002-6762-2715, Pennsylvania State University), Alexander Prusevich (0000-0002-9529-443X, University of New Hampshire), Robert E Nicholas (0000-0003-2615-2574, Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 084005-084005 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/11/8/084005 |
| OpenAlex | W2501865040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 34 |
India is one of the world’s largest food producers, making the sustainability of its agricultural system of global significance. Groundwater irrigation underpins India’s agriculture, currently boosting crop production by enough to feed 170 million people. Groundwater overexploitation has led to drastic declines in groundwater levels, threatening to push this vital resource out of reach for millions of small-scale farmers who are the backbone of India’s food security. Historically, losing access to groundwater has decreased agricultural production and increased poverty. We take a multidisciplinary approach to assess climate change challenges facing India’s agricultural system, and to assess the effectiveness of large-scale water infrastructure projects designed to meet these challenges. We find that even in areas that experience climate change induced precipitation increases, expansion of irrigated agriculture will require increasing amounts of unsustainable groundwater. The large proposed national river linking project has limited capacity to alleviate groundwater stress. Thus, without intervention, poverty and food insecurity in rural India is likely to worsen
Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Business · Climate change · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Food security · Geography · Groundwater · Irrigation · Natural resource economics · Overexploitation · Poverty · Sustainability · Water resource management · Water resources · Water scarcity · Water security · Engineering · Environmental Science · Hydrology and Drought Analysis · Water resources management and optimization · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |