Water Resource Economics Towards a Sustainable Use of Water for Irri
This book uses resource economics costing approaches incorporating externalities to estimate the returns for the country’s irrigation, and demonstrates how underestimating the cost of water leads farmers to overestimate profits. The importance of the subj
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M.G. Chandrakanth
Water Resource Economics Towards a Sustainable Use of Water for Irrigation in India
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M.G. Chandrakanth Department of Agricultural Economics University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK campus Bangalore India
ISBN 978-81-322-2478-5 ISBN 978-81-322-2479-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2479-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015940320 Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer India 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd. is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
This book is useful to students of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishery, sericulture and science; researchers and policymakers concerned with natural resource economics in general and water resource economics in particular. Dedicated to the lotus feet of my beloved and revered mother Smt V Gowramma and father Sri Gangadharaiah who toiled their life for my upbringing facing all odds.
Foreword
In the old days, it was common to tell a spendthrift not to spend money like water. The time has come, long since, to reverse this advice and tell people not to spend water like money! Water has certainly become much more precious than money, though those who are lucky enough to have an access to the resource easily enough to use it wastefully do not realise it. It is, therefore, important to spread awareness about the scarcity value of water, not only among end users like consumers but also among those who use it as an input in production, and among policymakers, planners and administrators. In this task, Prof MG Chandrakanth’s enlightening book, Water Resource Economics, makes a valuable contribution. It may be felt that he has addressed the book more to fellow academicians and technical experts involved in policy-making and planning than to common people. It is also necessary, however, to educate and convince the former group first so that the right policies are formulated, a
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