eprintid: 6175
rev_number: 15
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datestamp: 2012-10-09 04:01:45
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Anantha, K H
icrisatcreators_name: Anantha, K H
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: Economic implications of groundwater exploitation in hard rock areas of southern peninsular India
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.14
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Farming community, Groundwater, Hard rock areas, Irrigation, Overexploitation
abstract: The present paper analyses the consequences of groundwater exploitation by
using field-level data collected from two distinct well irrigated areas of Karnataka. The
study results show that the consequences arising out of groundwater overexploitation are
severe in high well interference area compared to low well interference area. The burden of
well failure is more or less equally shared by all categories of farmers but small farmers are
the worst victims of resource scarcity. As a result, overexploitation of groundwater has
different impacts on different categories of farmers in terms of access to groundwater, cost
and returns to groundwater irrigation and its negative externality cost. The study suggests
maintaining inter-well distance to prevent resource mining and calls for supply and
demand side interventions. The institutional reform is necessary to restore surface water
bodies to facilitate aquifer recharge.
date: 2013
date_type: published
publication: Environment, Development and Sustainability
volume: 15
number: 3
publisher: Springer Netherlands
pagerange: 587-606
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1573-2975
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-012-9394-0
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citation:   Anantha, K H  (2013) Economic implications of groundwater exploitation in hard rock areas of southern peninsular India.  Environment, Development and Sustainability, 15 (3).  pp. 587-606.  ISSN 1573-2975     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/6175/1/EDS_15_587-606_2013.pdf