Indian Irrigation in Transition - Tushaar Shah

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cubic km /year 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 India is the world’s largest user of groundwater in agriculture in the world. 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 US W.Europe Spain Mexico China India Pakistan Bangladesh Sri Lanka Vietnam Ghana South Africa Tunisia India has over 20 million irrigation wells. We add 0.8 million/year. Every fourth cultivator owns an irrigation well; nonowners depend on groundwater markets. Increasing irrigation in canal and tank commands is with Pumped water
This groundwater boom is a reflection not of water Scarcity as in California or Spain but of land-scarcity.
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