Incentivizing resource efficient technologies in India: Evidence from diffusion of micro-irrigation in the dark zone regions of Gujarat

Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar; Viswanathan, P K

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.04.017

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“…This cost can be counterbalanced by subsidies targeting poor populations to enable them to acquire such equipment, and this is the focus of certain development programmes in India (i.e. the Ganga Kalyana Scheme for tribal populations in Karnataka or the subsidy and power connection policies in dark-regions in Gujarat 84 . The other limit is indeed the “rebound effect” associated with micro-irrigation: at the individual level, the farmers who possess this equipment seek to use the water they save to irrigate new areas 85 , 86 .…”

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Groundwater irrigation reduces overall poverty but increases socioeconomic vulnerability in a semiarid region of southern India

Fischer

Aubron

Trouve

et al. 2022

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The development of irrigation is generally considered an efficient way to reduce poverty in rural areas, although its impact on the inequality between farmers is more debated. In fact, assessing the impact of water management on different categories of farmers requires resituating it within the different dimensions of the local socio-technical context. We tested this hypothesis in a semi-arid area in Karnataka, South India, where groundwater irrigation was introduced five decades ago. Using the conceptual framework of comparative agriculture, based on farmers’ interviews, we built a farm typology, traced the trajectories of farm types over the last decades and assessed their current technical and economic performances. Our results show that the differentiation of farm trajectories since the 1950s has been linked with the development of groundwater irrigation, interplaying with their initial assets, and the evolution of the national and local contexts. We highlight the mechanisms by which irrigation indeed reduces poverty but engenders fragilities, particularly for poor households, whose situation was aggravated by the depletion of water resources over the last two decades. Finally, this extensive understanding of the agrarian context allowed us to formulate and assess the potential of different ways forward, including irrigation technology, change in cropping or livestock systems, land tenure, and value added distribution. As such, this analysis would be of major interest to policy makers involved in reforming the agricultural context for better agricultural water management.

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Groundwater irrigation reduces overall poverty but increases socioeconomic vulnerability in a semiarid region of southern India

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Aubron

Trouve

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“…Regulating the exploitation permits of irrigation wells reduces the groundwater withdrawal for irrigation and thus the owners of these wells are forced to meet the water needs of their crops by greatly reducing water loss on the farm. It is achievable by updating the irrigation system (Bahinipati & Viswanathan, 2019) and also by sealing irrigation canals and water distribution systems to reduce seepage losses. However, as long as the irrigation well is not equipped with a smart flow meter, controlling the well abstraction with the regulated permits will not be possible.…”

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Consequences of groundwater overexploitation on land subsidence in Fars Province of Iran and its mitigation management programme

Golian

Saffarzadeh

Katibeh

et al. 2021

Water & Environment J

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Land subsidence induced by rapid groundwater depletion in Fars Province (Iran) has led to serious problems for agricultural lands, structures and infrastructures, also its destructive effects on the Achaemenid Empire monuments has raised national concerns. Over the past three decades, mainly due to the increasing reliance of the economy on agriculture, the number of water wells has grown rapidly (7100 new wells with the annual withdrawal of 1.1 billion m3) and therefore the groundwater storage has decreased 10 billion m3 and groundwater level has declined averagely 11 m. To cease groundwater depletion and land subsidence, Iran's sustainable groundwater management programme that is currently being implemented to sustain aquifers is considered as the main remedy solution. To analyse the efficiency of the programme implementation in sustaining the aquifers of the province so far, the status of aquifers levels before the programme implementation (before 2015) is compared to its current status (after 2015). The results indicate that by implementing the programme, 22 out of 100 aquifers, mostly located in the southern half of the province, have been sustained. Although, mainly due to inappropriate management and limited financial support, 25 aquifers are still in critical condition, some of which are the most important aquifers in the province. However, implementing sustainable groundwater management in basins facing land subsidence due to groundwater overexploitation is important since it can minimize or stop land subsidence by sustaining aquifers and preventing groundwater drawdown.

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“…In a more contemporary example, Davis et al (2014) have noted how incentives for large-scale appliance replacement motivated around 1.9 million households in Mexico to exchange old refrigerators and air conditioners between 2009 and 2012. Observing incentivizing programmes in India, Bahinipati and Viswanathan (2019b) observe that a pecuniary benefit, along with the removal of the ban on groundwater extraction, has played a major role in the diffusion of micro-irrigation technologies in water-scarce regions in Gujarat. Studies have also noted the importance of Pigouvian taxes to correct the market distortion caused by environmental externalities.…”

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Technological Innovations, Behavioural Interventions, and Household Energy Conservation

2022

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The threats associated with climate change and the worsening ecological crisis have led to a growing interest in energy-conservation policies. Policymakers across the globe have been scrambling to find cost-effective and sustainable methods to meet the world’s growing energy demands. Traditional policies have so far largely focused on supply-side interventions aimed at encouraging energy efficiency via green innovation and new technologies. However, as several studies have indicated, supply-side policies alone are unlikely to be adequate to achieve the ambitious changes required to make our future sustainable. This review article draws on recent studies in behavioural economics to emphasize the need to reorient public policy towards altering consumer end-uses through behavioural interventions. In an attempt to draw out important lessons for public policy, the article reviews this emerging strand of literature and underlines the complex factors that influence energy consumption in a household.

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Incentivizing resource efficient technologies in India: Evidence from diffusion of micro-irrigation in the dark zone regions of Gujarat

Cited by 18 publications

References 25 publications

Groundwater irrigation reduces overall poverty but increases socioeconomic vulnerability in a semiarid region of southern India

Groundwater irrigation reduces overall poverty but increases socioeconomic vulnerability in a semiarid region of southern India

Consequences of groundwater overexploitation on land subsidence in Fars Province of Iran and its mitigation management programme

Technological Innovations, Behavioural Interventions, and Household Energy Conservation

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