Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/rKFy09 The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus Lessons from India for Development By: M. Dinesh Kumar Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9781138574762, 1138574767 eText ISBN: 9781317907602, 1317907604 Edition: 1st Pages: 246 Copyright year: 2014 Format: EPUB Available from $ 20.78 USD SKU 9781317907602R90 It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water management, agriculture, food security and energy is required. This nexus is now the focus of major attention by researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. In this book, the authors show how these issues are being addressed in India as part of its economic development, and how these can provide lessons for other developing nations. They address the conflicting claims of water resources for irrigation and hydropower, where both are scarce at the national level for fostering water and energy security. They also consider the relationship between water for irrigated agriculture and household use and its impact on rural poverty. They identify weaknesses in the current hydropower development programme in India that are preventing it from being an ecologically sustainable, socially just and economically viable solution to meeting growing energy demand. The empirical analyses presented show the enormous scope for co-management of water, energy, agricultural growth and food security through appropriate technological interventions and market instruments. Additional ISBNs 9781317907619, 9781317907602, 9781317907596, 9781306418898, 1317907612, 1317907604, 1317907590, 1306418895, 9780415733038, 0415733030
