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Rising populations and water stress
Per capita Water Availability and Future Population Growth, 2050
Low- No Risk
Medium-Low Risk
High Risk
Very High Risk
Compounded Fertility &
Water Stress
4. Always have some districts experiencing a dry shock
Number of Dry Shocks 1970-2012
Rainfall variability
5. Largest irrigator and user of GW in the world
Number of Dry Shocks 1970-2012
Irrigation expansion to buffer rainfall variability and provide additional cropping
6. Transformed agriculture in 30 years
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From food deficit – to - food
surplus
Net food exporter
(≈ 9th largest globally)
Rural growth is key
to poverty reduction
1 2 3
7. 7 INDIA SYSTEMATIC COUNTRY DIAGNOSTIC: A PREVIEW
Agriculture
Steady growth rate
-0.2
-0.15
-0.1
-0.05
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
Annual Growth Rate
8. Source: Aeschbach-Hertig and Gleeson, 2012
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But India more vulnerable
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overuse
10. Data Source: Central Groundwater Board
Source: Fishman, 2018
Note: The stage of Groundwater development (the ratio between
extraction and renewable recharge of groundwater). A stage of
development exceeding 1 results in un-sustainable mining and falling
water tables.
The stage of Groundwater development
Source: Chatterjee, Lamba, Zaveri, 2017
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Uses too much water and too much land, for too little output
Water productivity
China x4 India
12. Impacts of Rainfall Variation on Food Production
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13. Rainfall shocks impacts farm productivity
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Dry shocks reduce
agricultural productivity
7-11%
Wet shocks, small increase
agricultural productivity
Results hold across three different weather datasets and multiple regression models
14. In regions where water-intensive crops grown
dry shocks have larger impact
> 11%
Twice the impact as non-water intensive regions
15. How well does surface irrigation buffer against dry shocks?
16. The Paradox of Supply
Water-intensive crops exacerbate scarcity
Rice Sugarcane Cotton
17. Surface water less effective at buffering rainfall shocks than
ground water.
May be exacerbating when it leads to water intensive crops in dry places
(See Uncharted Waters, Sinha et al. 2018 for an explanation why)
18. Groundwater better at buffering against dry shocks
But declining effectiveness
A revenue advantage of
10-20%
But declining, possibly due to fall in groundwater levels
20. Green Revolution heralded a Nitrogen Revolution
0
50
100
150
200
tons/ha
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Year
Nitrogen Phosphorus
Potassium NPK
Source: WB India and Ag dataset + ICRISAT
Fertilize use in tons is divided by net cropped area in hectares
Start of GR
22. 22
Volatized into the Air
N2O CO2
Nitrous
Oxide is 300x
more potent at
trapping heat than
CO2
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23
World’s largest global
externality, rivaling carbon
(Keeler et al. 2016)
Trending upwards nearly
everywhere, including in
developed countries like the
United States
(Keiser and Shapiro 2018)
World Bank Group | Quality Unknown: The Hidden Water Crisis
24. Nitrate Levels in Groundwater
Each red dot represents a well where
nitrate exceeds Indian safety levels
prescribed by the Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS) (> 44 mg/L).
Nitrate levels exceed BIS standard ≈ 50% of
districts.
Source: Zaveri et al. 2020 using data from Central Groundwater Board
of India (CGWB).
25. Nitrates are linked to fatal
Blue Baby Syndrome.
25
World Bank Group | Quality Unknown: The Hidden Water Crisis
27. Cumulative Nitrate
Exposure 0 – 3 years:
27
Vietnam and Africa:
impacts at lower
levels of exposure
Rural India:
girls 2 cm
shorter
World Bank Group | Quality Unknown: The Hidden Water Crisis
28. 28
Protect the source of water supplies
Water Source – PUBLIC GOOD
Water infrastructure for delivery transforms
water from a public to a private good
Farms
Firms
Families
Manage demand to address
deepening water stress
Regulate water utilities for reliable
access to safe water and sanitation
Safety nets to protect the vulnerable
since water is a merit good
Environmental policies to reduce water pollution and degradation
The Economic Water Cycle