In 1947, British India-the part of South Asia that is today's India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh-
emerged from the colonial era with the world's largest centrally managed canal irrigation …

Abstract Since 1960, South Asia has emerged as the largest user of groundwater in
irrigation in the world. Yet, little is known about this burgeoning economy, now the mainstay …

Uninhibited drafting and plummeting groundwater levels have entailed a slew of eco-
environmental and socio-economic crises across vast swathes of South Asia, leading to …

Over the years, the wrath of the nature in the form of adverse changes in the climate is borne
by the agriculture sector all over the world, threatening the global food security. Indian …

The overall goal of the paper is to better understand the development of groundwater
markets in northern China. Field survey shows that groundwater markets in northern China …

This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in
water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade …

Diurnal raptors show a wider distribution compared to other groups of birds including
passerines, woodpeckers, and seriemas, but occur at lower-than-expected densities …

In the north-western part of India, especially in Punjab and Haryana plains, the groundwater
overdraft increases the cost of its withdrawal for irrigation and causes inequality in its access …

The continuous demand of groundwater for irrigation in the agricultural sector has shown
remarkable development of groundwater resources in Haryana. Small farmers with limited …

Activity patterns of raptors may vary through the day and influence their detectability which
may further affect their abundance estimate. In this study, we exhibit the effect of time-of-day …