Regional strategies for the accelerating global problem of groundwater depletion

W Aeschbach-Hertig, T Gleeson - Nature Geoscience, 2012‏ - nature.com
Groundwater—the world's largest freshwater resource—is critically important for irrigated
agriculture and hence for global food security. Yet depletion is widespread in large …

Remote sensing of groundwater: current capabilities and future directions

KH Adams, JT Reager, P Rosen… - Water Resources …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Globally, groundwater represents a critical natural resource that is affected by changes in
natural supply and renewal, as well as by increasing human demand and consumption …

Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain

H Biemans, C Siderius, AF Lutz, S Nepal… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Densely populated floodplains downstream of Asia's mountain ranges depend heavily on
mountain water resources, in particular for irrigation. An intensive and complex multi …

The Indus basin in the framework of current and future water resources management

AN Laghari, D Vanham, W Rauch - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012‏ - hess.copernicus.org
The Indus basin is one of the regions in the world that is faced with major challenges for its
water sector, due to population growth, rapid urbanisation and industrialisation …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of intensive groundwater abstraction on recharge to a shallow regional aquifer system: evidence from Bangladesh

M Shamsudduha, RG Taylor, KM Ahmed, A Zahid - Hydrogeology Journal, 2011‏ - Citeseer
Quantitative evaluations of the impact of groundwater abstraction on recharge are rare. Over
a period (1975–2007) during which groundwater abstraction increased dramatically in the …

Using satellite data to identify the causes of and potential solutions for yield gaps in India's Wheat Belt

M Jain, B Singh, AAK Srivastava… - Environmental …, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Food security will be increasingly challenged by climate change, natural resource
degradation, and population growth. Wheat yields, in particular, have already stagnated in …

Power tariffs for groundwater irrigation in India: A comparative analysis of the environmental, equity, and economic tradeoffs

BS Sidhu, M Kandlikar, N Ramankutty - World Development, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Groundwater irrigation using electric pumps plays a key role in India's agricultural water
supply. Power utilities across different states use two common tariff modes to charge …

The water‐energy‐climate nexus: Resources and policy outlook for aquifers in Mexico

CA Scott - Water Resources Research, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Three interlinked processes drive groundwater balances in diverse regions globally:(1)
groundwater‐irrigation intensification,(2) electrical energy supply for agriculture, and (3) …

The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure

B Sharma, U Amarasinghe, C Xueliang… - Water, Food and …, 2013‏ - taylorfrancis.com
The basins of the Indus and Ganges rivers cover 2.20 million km and are inhabited by more
than a billion people. The region is under extreme pressures of population and poverty …

Water–food–energy nexus with changing agricultural scenarios in India during recent decades

B Barik, S Ghosh, AS Sahana… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017‏ - hess.copernicus.org
Meeting the growing water and food demands in a densely populated country like India is a
major challenge. It requires an extensive investigation into the changing patterns of the …