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Foodgrains Production in India – How Serious is the Shortage of Water Supply for Future Growth?

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India has achieved remarkable success in foodgrains production in the last four decades and it has been largely banking on tubewell irrigation. This paper demonstrates theoretically and with the help of econometric results that excess depletion of ground water makes agricultural growth unsustainable in the long-run. Although there is still ground water potential in certain parts of the country and limited scope is also available for utilising surface water, the next frontier of technologies and agricultural research can play the most significant role in this perspective.

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  • Sasmal, Joydeb, 2014. "Foodgrains Production in India – How Serious is the Shortage of Water Supply for Future Growth?," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 69(2), pages 1-14.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:inijae:206378
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.206378
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    1. M. V. Nadkarni, 2022. "Crisis in Indian agriculture: can it be overcome?," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 24(1), pages 228-241, December.

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