Postdoc von Dr. Raveesha Siddaiah
Beginn: Dezember 2009
Ende: November 2011
Water is the elixir of life supporting agriculture, domestic, industrial needs. In India more than 90 percent of water is used for irrigation, According to IWMI “…..currently, over 80% of irrigated agriculture in India is supported by groundwater, resulting in severe overexploitation of this resource. The number of irrigation pumpsets in India increased from 0.15 million in 1950s to around 19 million by 2000. Annually pumping 220 to 230 billion cubic meters. In megacity Hyderabad, 93% of water used in irrigation is contributed by groundwater. With very little control on groundwater extraction, groundwater depletion is imminent. This research deals with analyzing the existing institutions, and developing policies / institutions to improve WUE through institutional innovations as well as improving energy efficiency for urban and sub urban Hyderabad. The irrigation efficiency and economic efficiency in the use of irrigation water shapes the economy of the farming sector. Governments and policy makers are devoting increasing budgets on surface water resources, neglecting groundwater resources, with background the objectives of the study are 1). to estimate the elasticity of pumping groundwater level, groundwater irrigated area, irrigation efficiency, area under drip irrigation, use of biodiesel to pump groundwater with respect to GHG emissions, 2). to estimate economic efficiency and equity in groundwater use in the wake of increasing well failure probability and 3). to analyze the efficiency of groundwater use in irrigation as influenced by institutions and incentives in the IOS framework for policy implications.
Bearbeiter: Dr. Raveesha Siddaiah
Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Konrad Hagedorn
Finanzierung: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e.V. (DAAD)
Projekt-Website: www.sustainable-hyderabad.de/
Veröffentlichungen und Vorträge:
GURRAPPA NAIDU GOVINDARAJ, SIDDAIAH RAVEESHA, AHMED TANVEER. (2009): Impact of sandmining in agricultural and common property lands in peri-urban areas of Bangalore, India. The XXVII International Conference of Agricultural Economics (IAAE). 16-22 August 2009, Beijing, China.
RAVEESHA SIDDAIAH, SAIKUMAR C BHARAMAPPANAVARA and G. GOVINDARAJ. (2010): Cost of credit analysis in primary co-operative agrilcultural and rural development banks (PCARDBs) in Karnataka (India). International Conference on Applied Economics & Time Series Econometrics (ICAETE-II). April 16-17, 2010 Hyderabad.
RAVEESHA SIDDAIAH, SAIKUMAR C BHARAMAPPANAVARA and AHMED TANVEER. (2010): Primary co-operative agriculture and rural development bank (PCARDBs) credit impact on income and employment of borrowers and participation of weaker section. Tropentag 2010, September 14 - 16, 2010, Zurich, Switzerland.
