Patil, Kiran Kumar R; Chandrakanth, MG; Bhat, Mahadev G; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA; … - 2015
More than 65 percent of the geographical area in India comprise the hard rock areas where the recharge of groundwater is meagre (5 to 10% of the rainfall), while the extraction for irrigation has exceeded the recharge in several areas, leading to secular overdraft. Neither the farmers nor the...