India's groundwater irrigation boom: can it be sustained?

Water Policy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Narayanamoorthy
Keyword(s):  
Water Table ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Irrigated Area ◽  
Groundwater Irrigation ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Future Growth ◽  
Made In

Development of groundwater irrigation (GWI) has been very impressive in India, especially after the introduction of the green revolution. The area under GWI accounts for 62% of the net irrigated area today. Though GWI provides added benefits to farmers, compared to other sources of irrigation, the continuous exploitation of groundwater of late has resulted in a drastic drop in the water table, and led to salinization and quality deterioration in different parts of the country. Since groundwater contributes overwhelmingly to agricultural growth, the unrestrained exploitation of groundwater could hamper the future growth of agriculture. GWI is controlled by many factors, which are dynamic and bound to change along with the agricultural development. Therefore, one needs to understand the factors determining groundwater development in different regions over time to understand the dynamics of groundwater use. Though many studies are available on different aspects of GWI in India, not many studies have looked at the sustainable aspects of GWI, considering the major States of India together. An attempt is made in this paper to study the development as well as the factors determining GWI over time, using state-wide data to suggest appropriate interventions to sustain the use of groundwater.

scholarly journals Land, investments and public-private partnerships: what happened to the Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor in Mozambique?

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi Kaarhus
Keyword(s):  
Direct Investment ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Commercial Agriculture ◽  
Market Strategy ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Land Grabs ◽  
Resource Dynamics ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Over Time

AbstractInfluential discourses present Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as essential for agricultural development in Africa; a parallel, critical debate on ‘land rushes’ has denounced Land Grabs, demanding increased accountability in FDI-based land deals. This article explores an initiative located in central Mozambique, the Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor (BAGC). It shows how the international fertiliser company Yara set out to enrol actors at different levels in business, governance and agricultural development into BAGC as a public-private partnership to promote commercial agriculture. Very soon, however, Yara made shifts in its engagement and market strategy, leaving the BAGC initiative to supporting donors and local producers. The analysis presented here shows how the tension between ‘patient-capital’ requirements, high risks and low immediate returns have shaped this case over time – in a context of a national political economy framed by extractive-resource dynamics.

scholarly journals Economic Implications of the "Green Re¬volution" and the Strategy of Agricultural Development in West Pakistan

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hlromitsu Kaneda
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
The Relationship

The short-stemmed varieties of wheat and rice imported from abroad and the increased use of fertilizers have dramatically enlarged the potential for rapid increases in the agricultural output of West Pakistan. This recent break¬through in foodgrains production is sometimes referred to as the "green revolu¬tion". Because of the generally favourable conditions in West Pakistan in regard to irrigation water and solar energy, and due to the unusually favour¬able weather in 1967/68 in particular, the "green revolution" is spreading most rapidly. It is high time to focus our attention on some of the economic implica¬tions of the new developments in agriculture. Recent agricultural growth in West Pakistan has been the result of im¬provements in the production relationship in the agricultural sector. However, the relationship between land and man in agriculture and that between agricul¬tural production and other economic activities tend to be neglected in the current discussions of the ways in which the country may sustain the recent growth per¬formance.

scholarly journals OPTIMUM ALLOCATION OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF IRRIGATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
Dr. Shailja
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Irrigation Potential ◽  
Rational Allocation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Minor Irrigation ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

Discovery of agriculture was no doubt the greatest development in the history of mankind. Irrigation, being one of the most crucial input in the process of agricultural development, has been sought to be developed. In India, although significant efforts have been made to develop the irrigation potential through major and minor irrigation, yet there has been rather inadequate awareness of the economics of irrigation. Particularly, very few comparable attempts have been made to examine the rational allocation of water between different regions, crops and over time. Most of the studies that have been made in this field, have examined the different sources of irrigation in isolation from one another. In the present study, it is intended to examine the different sources of irrigation in an integrated manner and thus provide a macro-prospective as a guide to formulation of rational policies for irrigation management. In the present study, it is proposed to study the allocation of water by regions and crops and also over time. An attempt will be made to draw out policy implications and make some specific recommendations.

scholarly journals I. Notices of some conclusions derived from the photographic records of the Kew declinometer, in the years 1858,1859, 1860, and 1861

1862 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 585-590
Keyword(s):  
Relative Frequency ◽  
Magnetic Force ◽  
Total Force ◽  
Magnetic Disturbances ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Made In ◽  
Photographic Records

The discussion of the magnetic observations which have been made in different parts of the globe may now be considered to have established the three following important conclusions in regard to the magnetic disturbances: viz., 1. That these phenomena, whether of the declination, inclination, or total force, are subject in their mean effects to periodical laws, which determine their relative frequency and amount at different hours of the day and night. 2. That the disturbances which occasion westerly and those which occasion easterly deflections of the compass-needle, those which increase and those which decrease the inclination, and those which increase and those which decrease the magnetic force have all distinct and generally different periodical laws.

Quel corpus pour l’étude du dialecte niçois ?

2021 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-361
Author(s):  
Philippe Del Giudice
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Descriptive Grammar ◽  
Written Production ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Social Use ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In ◽  
Do So

Abstract A new project has just been launched to write a synchronic, descriptive grammar of Niçois, the Occitan dialect of Nice. In this article, I define the corpus of the research. To do so, I first review written production from the Middle Ages to the present. I then analyze the linguistic features of Niçois over time, in order to determine the precise starting point of the current language state. But because of reinforced normativism and the decreasing social use of Niçois among the educated population, written language after WWII became artificial and does not really correspond to recordings made in the field. The corpus will thus be composed of writings from the 1820’s to WWII and recordings from the last few decades.

Lessons learned in intellectual capital management in Germany between 2000 and 2020 – History, applications, outlook

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred Bornemann ◽  
Kay Alwert ◽  
Markus Will
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

PurposeThis article reports on the background, the conceptual ideas and the lessons learned from over more than 20 years of IC Statements and Management with a country focus on Germany and some international developments. It calls for an integrated management approach for IC and offers case study evidence on how to accomplish this quest.Design/methodology/approachReport on the German initiative “Intellectual Capital Statement made in Germany” (ICS m.i.G.). A brief review of the literature describes the background and theoretical foundation of the German IC method. A short description of the method is followed by four detailed case studies to illustrate long-term impact of IC management in very different organizations. A discussion of Lessons Learned from more than 200 implementations and an outlook on current and future developments finalizes the article.FindingsIC Statements made in Germany (ICS m.i.G.) was successful in providing a framework to systematically identify IC, evaluate the status quo of IC relative to the strategic requirements, visualize interdependencies of IC, business processes and business results as well as to connect IC reporting with internal management routines and external communication. However, ICS is not an insulated method but delivers the maximum benefit when integrated with strategy development, strategy implementation, business process optimization accompanied by change management routines. Strong ties to human resource management, information technology departments, quality management, research and development teams as well as business operations as the core of an organization help to yield the most for ICS m.i.G. Over time, the focus of managing IC changes and maturity leads to deutero learning.Practical implicationsICS m.i.G. proved easy to apply, cost efficient for SMEs, larger corporations and networks. It helps to better accomplish their objectives and to adjust their business models. The guidelines in German and English as well as a software application released were downloaded more than 100,000 times. A certification process based on a three-tier training module is available and was successfully completed by more than 400 practitioners. ICS m.i.G. is supporting current standards of knowledge management, such as ISO 9001, ISO 30401 or DIN SPEC PAS 91443 and therefore will most likely have a continuing impact on knowledge-based value creation.Originality/valueThis paper reports lessons learned from the country-wide IC initiative in Germany over the last 20 years initiated and supported by the authors. Several elements of the method have been published over time, but so far no comprehensive view on Lessons Learned had been published.

Qualitative longitudinal research: researching fatherhood and fathers’ experiences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Miller
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Transition To Motherhood ◽  
Transition To Fatherhood ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

This chapter focuses on a qualitative longitudinal (QL) research project, Transition to Fatherhood, and later episodes of fathering and fatherhood experiences. It begins by exploring the research design of this study and considers the inherent gendered and other assumptions made in it, which mirrors an earlier research project on Transition to Motherhood. Following an examination of some of the methodological issues that arose during this qualitative longitudinal study, the chapter turns to reflect on the important question of what adding time into a qualitative study can do. It considers what happens when narratives collected in later interviews are incorporated into earlier analysis and findings as lives and fatherhood experiences change, as well as the benefits of researching individuals over time.

scholarly journals Personal Identity: The Simple and Complex Views Revisited

Disputatio ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (52) ◽  
pp. 9-22
Author(s):  
Harold Noonan
Keyword(s):  
Personal Identity ◽  
Clear Sense ◽  
Reasonable Possibility ◽  
Time Fall ◽  
Recent Account ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

Abstract Eric Olson has argued, startlingly, that no coherent account can be giv- en of the distinction made in the personal identity literature between ‘complex views’ and ‘simple views’. ‘We tell our students,’ he writes, ‘that accounts of personal identity over time fall into [these] two broad categories’. But ‘it is impossible to characterize this distinction in any satisfactory way. The debate has been systematically misdescribed’. I argue, first, that, for all Olson has said, a recent account by Noonan provides the coherent characterization he claims impossible. If so we have not been wrong all along in the way he says in what we have been telling our students. I then give an account of the distinction between the reductionist and non-reductionist positions which makes it differ- ent from the complex/simple distinction. The aim is to make clear sense of the notion of a not simple but non-reductionist position — which seems an eminently reasonable possibility and something it may also be useful to tell our students about.

The Deterioration of the Food Situation in the Third World and the Capitalist System

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-262
Author(s):  
Ernest Feder
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Third World ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Staple Foods ◽  
The Third World

Hunger and malnutrition are today associated with the capitalist system. The evidence points to a further deterioration of the food situation in the Third World in the foreseeable future, as a result of massive capital and technology transfers from the rich capitalist countries to the underdeveloped agricultures operated by transnational concerns or private investors, with the active support of development assistance agencies such as the World Bank. Contrary to the superficial predictions of the World Bank, for example, poverty is bound to increase and the purchasing power of the masses must decline. Particular attention must be paid to the supply of staple foods and the proletariat. This is threatened by a variety of factors, attributable to the operation of the capitalist system. Among them are the senseless waste of Third World resources caused by the foreign investors' insatiable thirst for the quick repatriation of super-profits and the increasing orientation of Third World agricultures toward high-value or export crops (which are usually the same), an orientation which is imposed upon them by the industrial countries' agricultural development strategies. Even self-sufficiency programs for more staple foods, such as the ill-reputed Green Revolution, predictably cannot be of long duration.

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