Browsing by Author "Verma, Shilp"

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A Case for Pipelining Water Distribution in the Narmada Irrigation System in Gujarat, India
(2010) Shah, Tushaar; Krishnan, Sunderrajan; Hemant, Pullabhotla; Verma, Shilp; Chandra, Ashish; Sudhir, Chillerege
"Thanks to farmers’ resistance to provide land for constructing watercourses below the outlets, India’s famous Sardar Sarovar Project is stuck in an impasse. Against a potential to serve 1.8 million hectares, the Project was irrigating just 100,000 hectares five years after the dam and main canals were ready. Indications are that full project benefits will get delayed by years, even decades. In this paper, IWMI researchers advance ten reasons why the Project should abandon its original plan of constructing open channels and license private service providers to invest in pumps and buried pipeline networks to sell irrigation service to farmers."
IWRM Challenges in Developing Countries: Lessons from India and Elsewhere
(2007) Verma, Shilp
"Converting a philosophy into practice is a challenge. Recent IWRM experiences in developing countries present a case in point. At the operational level, they take a rather narrow view of the concept and have largely tended to be introduced as a blueprint package. The key to successful IWRM implementation is integration of the local resources and in the local context."
Promoting Micro-Irrigation Technologies that Reduce Poverty
(2006) Varma, Samyuktha; Verma, Shilp; Namara, Regassa
"Micro-irrigation technologies are increasingly seen as a means of addressing the growing competition for scarce water resources. Appropriate low-cost drip systems have shown to have positive effects on yield, incomes, and food security. With the right institutional support, these systems can help poor farmers improve water productivity and incomes."
Rethinking Tribal Development: Water Management Strategies for Revitalizing Tribal Agriculture in Central India
(2007) Verma, Shilp
"About 8 percent of the Indian population belongs to a category listed as 'Scheduled Tribes' enumerated in the Schedule to Article 342 of the Constitution of India. Tribal people have been seen to be strongly associated with the forests, hills and remote areas, practising a unique life style, having a unique set of cultural and religious beliefs. Central Indian tribal homelands, comprising roughly 100 districts and running across the belly of the country, are home to roughly 55 million tribal people, more than 70 percent of India's tribal population. Notwithstanding the rich vegetation and good rainfall, this belt is home to one of the largest concentrations of rural poverty in the world. For millennia, tribal communities have lived in forests and survived on hunting and gathering."