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Indiafood-water-energnexu:diateroropportunit?
OverueofwaterforirrigationitakingIndiatowarddiater,utnewtechnologieprovideopportunitietoreverethetrend.
Indiawatertalearefatdringupduetoagriculture,andet,agriculturalieldinthecountrcouldcarcelfeedmotitpopulation.Image:RajarhiMITRA,CCY-NC-ND2.0
RaghuMartuggude,TheThirdPole
Wedneda19April2017
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Agraphene-aedmemraneproducedtheGrapheneCentreattheUniveritofMancheterpromietoremoveover97
percentofaltfromwater,enalingfarmertouefarmorerackihwaterforirrigationthanthecouldhavedoneefore.It
haeendemontratedtoecalaleawell.
TheeijingIntituteofNanoecologandNanotemhapropoed oatingnetofnanogeneratorwhichwillextractenerg
fromoceanwave.
ADanihenergcompaniopeningawate-to-energfacilitinNorthwichinritaintoconvertunortedmunicipalolid
wateincludingplatictoenerguingenzmeandmicroe.
AgroupfromtheMaachuettIntituteofTechnologjutreportedinthejournalciencethattheirnewmetal-organic
frameworkcanharvetwaterfromairatrelativehumiditalow20percent,uingonlavailaleunlight.
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Toecapethediatereingcauedthewater-food-energnexu,Indiamutrapidldeplonewolutionlikethee,enhance
itowninnovationforitmonoon-peci cagriculturaltem,anddevelopnimlepolicie.
Loomingdiater
IndiahaalwaeenanagrarianocietandcontinuetoeodepitetheimpreiveadvanceinITandotheremploment
ector.Agricultureandrelatedactivitietillprovidenearl60percentofthetotalemploment.
Foodproductionhagoneupfromaout50milliontonneperearinthe1950toover250
milliontonneperearintherecentdecadewithacorrepondingfour-foldincreaeintheield
intermofkgoftotalgrainperacre.
utfoodavailailitperperonperearhaonlgrownfrom145kgtoaout190kgoverthi
periodecauetheeemingligni cantincreaeinfoodproductionipartiallo etthe
FOOD&AGR ICU LTU R rapidgrowthinpopulation.
Managingthe
monoon Theaverageoveruchalargepopulationcanemileadingincethehidemanexternalitie
uchapovertandgenderiuethatlimitaccetofoodandthegolingupofagricultural
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landforuraniation.
Alo,motluneenaretheimpactofagricultureandfertilierueonoilhealthandwaterqualit.
utmuchmoreinidiouitheimpactonwaterquantititelf,duetothefactthattheareaunderirrigationhagrownfrom
under20percentinthe1950tojutover50percentatpreent.
TheGreenRevolutiongotIndiaoutofthetarkpovertandhungerthe1970,thoughmalnutritionitillaeriouiue.
Theeaonalmonoonpredictionuedtocorrepondwelltothetotalgrainproductionwithexceandde citingrain
productiondirectlcorrepondingtotheexceandde citintheummermonoonrainfall.
TheKharif(ummer)eaonuedtoproducemorethantwicethetonnageofgrainthantheRai(winter)eaonduringthe
nacentearofindependentIndiautnowthetwoeaonarenearlequalingrainproduction.
Thiagainmaeemlikeomethingtocelerate.utthifeatiaccomplihedoverexploitinggroundwaterforirrigation.
uidiedelectricitidrivingunfetteredgroundwaterminingevenduringgoodmonoonear.
WatertalearedroppingatalarmingrateinnearlallpartofIndiaandwateravailailitperperonhadroppedprecipitoul
awell.Iftheearenotadenough,themonoonitelfhatrendeddownover10percentovereveraldecadeandthe
extremeinmonoonhavegrownnearlfour-fold.
Advertiement
lectricitueforpumpinggroundwateriadoule-edgedword;whilefacilitatingaundantgrainproduction,itown
productionrequirewaterinhdroelectricpowerplantorcancontriutetoairpollutionfromcoalpowerplant.Airpollution
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nowcaueoveramillionprematuredeatheachearinIndia.
Theelectionofwater-intenivecahcrop(e.g.ugarcaneandcotton)ianadditionalfactor.Thedeadle ectofcropfailure
afterallthiimanifetafarmeruicide,whichcontinueunaatedinomehotpotlikeMarathwada.
Needtotud
Theo-calledfood-water-energnexuhaeentudiedforthreedi erentregionofIndiaanIITMumaigroupled
uimalGhoh.
Thitudhoulderveaatemplateforextendingtheapproachtomallerregionwithfurtherdatagatheringandmodellingto
drivecience,technologandpolictooltoaddrethidireituationinthemakingforthefood-water-energnexuwhichwill
efullcon atedwithhealthandnutritioniueawellathedownwardtrendinthemonoonandthemulti-foldincreaein
extremeweather.
TheoptimiticviewwouldethatIndiainvetmentincienceandtechnologwillpao thedevelopmentand
implementationofindigenouolutionandalorapidadaptationandcalingupofolutiondevelopedelewhere.
Tranitiontoutainaleagricultureandwaterhedmanagementapproacheuchaagroforetrareamutnow.
WhileagroforetrhaeenthemethodofruraldevelopmentformanNGO,governmentincentiveareneededformuchwider
implementationofthiapproach,epeciallindrought-proneregionuchaNorthKarnataka,VidharaandMarathwada.
Thiicriticalconideringthefundamentalphicoftheclimatetemregionoflowmeanrainfalltendtohavemuchhigher
variailitthanregionwithhighmeanrainfall.
Newolution
Apartfromagroforetrandoptimiationofwaterueforirrigation,everalpromiingnewtechnologicalolutionincluding
thoementionedatthetartofthiarticleareintheo ng.
Clearl,theworldipaingattentiontothefood-water-energnexuandworkinghardoninnovativeolutiontotacklethemot
preingiueofwaterqualitandquantitawellapreciionagriculturalapproacheandnovelacterialio-fertilierthat
willincreaeieldwhilereducingfertilierueandirrigation.
Theintricateandhard-to-predictcacadeinthewater-food-energnexuhavethepotentialtoeadiaterinthemakingfor
India,utaloprovideenormouopportunitietogetourcienti c,technological,andentrepreneurialjuiceguhing.
ThitorwapulihedwithpermiionfromTheThirdPole.
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Topic Food&Agriculture
Region India
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