ABSTRACT
One of the key features of agricultural development in the last five decades has been intensive groundwater use in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh) and in the Yellow River Basin (China). Groundwater irrigates almost 60% of the net irrigated area in South Asia and 70% in the north China plains. Groundwater use for agri
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction
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Region specific case studies
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Thematic issues on groundwater irrigation
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Author index