Influencing irrigation policy in India
India has a long tradition of irrigation, but in the past 40 years a new trend has emerged. As the infrastructure and management of large-scale irrigation schemes have deteriorated, farmers have begun taking water supply into their own hands by extracting groundwater, which has become the mainstay of agriculture in 85% of India
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