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Water-energy-food-environment nexus in action: Global review of precepts and practice by Shah, Tushaar

“…Abstract Using water-energy-food-environment (WEFE) nexus as the prism, this review explores evolution of groundwater governance in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mexico,…”
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From IWRM back to integrated water resources management by Giordano, Mark, Shah, Tushaar

“…Integrated water resources management provides a set of ideas to help us manage water more holistically. However, these ideas have been formalized over time in…”
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How to clean up the Ganges? by Shah, Tushaar, Ray, Chittaranjan, Lele, Uma

“…For millennia, the Ganges River, holy to Hindus, has provided livelihoods, food, and water for Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. Last month, one of India's leading…”
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Community response to aquifer development: distinct patterns in india's alluvial and hard rock aquifer areas by Shah, Tushaar

“…The boom that India has experienced in groundwater irrigation is only weakly related to the availability of groundwater resources, long‐term recharge rates and…”
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Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future by Shah, Tushaar, Rajan, Abhishek, Rai, Gyan Prakash, Verma, Shilp, Durga, Neha

“…South Asia's groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the…”
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Sustainability of groundwater through community-driven distributed recharge: An analysis of arguments for water scarce regions of semi-arid India by Patel, Praharsh M., Saha, Dipankar, Shah, Tushaar

“…•MAR is a key to rejuvenate groundwater resources in the semi-arid regions of India.•Time-domain analyses of water levels and rainfall in three semi-arid…”
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Impact of Irrigation on India’s Dairy Economy by Rajan, Abhishek, Shah, Tushaar

“…This paper explores the impact of irrigation on India’s mixed crop-based dairy production system. It uses a four-equation recursive regression model to outline…”
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Groundwater socio-ecology and governance: a review of institutions and policies in selected countries by Mukherji, Aditi, Shah, Tushaar

“…Issue Title: The Future of Hydrogeology Groundwater is crucial for the livelihoods and food security of millions of people, and yet, knowledge formation in the…”
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The Role of Transdisciplinary Approach and Community Participation in Village Scale Groundwater Management: Insights from Gujarat and Rajasthan, India by Maheshwari, Basant, Varua, Maria, Ward, John, Packham, Roger, Chinnasamy, Pennan, Dashora, Yogita, Dave, Seema, Soni, Prahlad, Dillon, Peter, Purohit, Ramesh, Hakimuddin, Shah, Tushaar, Oza, Sachin, Singh, Pradeep, Prathapar, Sanmugam, Patel, Ashish, Jadeja, Yogesh, Thaker, Brijen, Kookana, Rai, Grewal, Harsharn, Yadav, Kamal, Mittal, Hemant, Chew, Michael, Rao, Pratap

“…Sustainable use of groundwater is becoming critical in India and requires effective participation from local communities along with technical, social,…”
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Sustaining Asia's groundwater boom: An overview of issues and evidence by Shah, Tushaar, Roy, Aditi Deb, Qureshi, Asad S, Wang, Jinxia

“…This article suggests that Asia’s groundwater socio‐ecology is at an impasse. Rapid growth in groundwater irrigation in South Asia and the North China plains…”
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Towards a Managed Aquifer Recharge strategy for Gujarat, India: An economist’s dialogue with hydro-geologists by Shah, Tushaar

“…•Groundwater overdraft has emerged as a major crisis for Gujarat in Western India.•Hydro-geologists favoured a recharge strategy limited by average annual…”
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A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems: A 'theory of change' approach by Lankford, Bruce A, Makin, Ian, Matthews, Nathanial, Noble, Andrew, McCornick, Peter G, Shah, Tushaar

“…In countries with transitional economies such as those found in South Asia, large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) with a history of public ownership account…”
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Farm Power Policies and Groundwater Markets: Contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) by SHAH, TUSHAAR, CHOWDHURY, SUJATA DAS

“…With India emerging as the world's largest groundwater irrigator, marginal farmers and tenants in many parts have come to depend on informal water markets for…”
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Towards a Managed Aquifer Recharge strategy for Gujarat, India: An economist's dialogue with hydro-geologists: Creating Partnerchips Between Hydrology and Social Science: A Priority for Progress by SHAH, Tushaar

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The groundwater economy of South Asia: an assessment of size, significance and socio-ecological impacts by Tushaar Shah

“…A brief overview on the hydrogeology and resource availability of South Asia is provided. The scale and significance of South Asia's groundwater economy,…”
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Climate change and groundwater: India's opportunities for mitigation and adaptation by Shah, Tushaar

“…For millennia, India used surface storage and gravity flow to water crops. During the last 40years, however, India has witnessed a decline in gravity-flow…”
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Karnataka's Smart, New Solar Pump Policy for Irrigation by SHAH, TUSHAAR, VERMA, SHILP, DURGA, NEHA

“…The runaway growth in states of subsidised solar pumps, which provide quality energy at near-zero marginal cost, can pose a bigger threat of groundwater…”
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Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options by Shah, Tushaar, Giordano, Mark, Mukherji, Aditi

“…Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that…”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of water infrastructures for increasing groundwater recharge and agricultural production – A case study of Gujarat, India by Chinnasamy, Pennan, Misra, Gourav, Shah, Tushaar, Maheshwari, Basant, Prathapar, Sanmugam

“…•Gujarat agricultural yield increase and water storage increase can be assessed using remote sensing platforms.•29% increase in water storage in Gujarat post…”
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Vasudhara Adivasi Dairy Cooperative: Model for the Second White Revolution? by SHAH, TUSHAAR, MEHTA, YASHREE, VERMA, SHILP, PATEL, AMIT

“…India's White Revolution has made the country the largest milk producer in the world, but this has bypassed the Adivasi heartland of the central Indian…”
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