Groundwater-sourced irrigation and agro-power subsidies: Boon or bane for small/marginal farmers in India?

Chaudhuri, Sriroop; Parakh, Dishant; Roy, Mimi; Kaur, Harnoor

doi:10.1016/j.gsd.2021.100690

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“…Document identification for this part was performed across various search engines, including SCOPUS, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Springer Lin, Blackwell, Social Sciences Citation Index, Web of Science, EconLit, JSTOR and complemented with Google Scholar. Retrieved documents were further screened to remove duplication (Chaudhuri et al, 2021a). After the removal of duplicates, content-based analysis was performed to streamline document search to the main research themes for 'inclusion' or 'exclusion' based on relevance to the current study.…”

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A Lost Frontier or a New Gateway to Global Climate Action? The Afghan Leadership and the Revival of Afghanistan’s Mineral Sector

Chaudhuri,

Roy

2024

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

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Is Afghanistan a lost frontier? A superficial look might conform to this notion, given the continued state of unrest and instability, rampant hunger, malnutrition, illiteracy and unemployment. In this reflective discourse, however, we highlight a brighter (largely overlooked) aspect: her mineral reserves, estimated at nearly USD 1 trillion, including some of the world’s richest lithium and rare earth elements (REEs), with high market value and critical for global climate combat policymaking ( decarbonisation of infrastructure and attaining the net-zero target). By the same token, here, we offer a bird’s-eye view of the Afghan mineral wealth, with special emphasis on lithium and REE, which, if rightly harnessed, could be an engine of economic growth and national development. In its present state of operations, however, that future seems a distant myth as the Afghan mining/mineral sector is undermined by a web of interlocking systemic barriers, including (a) a totalitarian regime, (b) institutional bottlenecks, (c) a lack of social integration (human rights violation and neoliberal outlook) and (d) a lack of foreign investments. To that end, we reflect on the world experience of nations where mineral resources have become engines of economic growth and national development, which may inspire the present Afghan leadership. Rejuvenating the mining/mineral sector may help the leadership simultaneously advance towards multiple targets: (a) stabilising the economy, (b) meeting multiple UN Sustainable Goals, (c) helping mobilising nation- and peace-building efforts and (d) contributing to global climate action. Collectively, these may help redeem the lost reputation in the eyes of the international community and get rid of the economic sanctions. Here, we offer a vision to the present Afghan leadership to rejuvenate the mineral sector: (a) an enabling business environment ( increased ease of business and security), (b) a unified water-power supply framework ( hydropower development), (c) a participatory ecosystem ( an integrated social-ecological-technological framework) and (d) restricting illicit mineral trade ( enforcing rule of law and equity). To that end, we call for a data revolution to kickstart the systems’ thinking exercise (facilitating research, exploration and mineral processing).

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A Lost Frontier or a New Gateway to Global Climate Action? The Afghan Leadership and the Revival of Afghanistan’s Mineral Sector

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Roy

2024

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

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“…Following the PRISMA methodology, these documents were further subject to two stages of ‘refinement’. In the first stage, the documents were ‘screened’, based on checking the Abstract and Introduction parts of the study, keeping the following in mind (Chaudhuri et al, 2021b ): Published in foreign language ( non-English ) (28 documents) Abstract only; unavailability of full text (71 documents) Duplication of results (49 documents excluded) Studies involving active biomonitoring (moss bag/transplants) Objective(s) not well-aligned with the present study Experimental/review methods not clearly enumerated …”

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Global ambient air quality monitoring: Can mosses help? A systematic meta-analysis of literature about passive moss biomonitoring

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2023

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…The ‘*’ includes any extension of word/phrase that it precedes or succeeds to target a wider spectrum of topics and maximize the number of hits. Details of the PRISMA methodology, including a stage of ‘exclusion’ and ‘inclusion’ following well-defined criteria, are listed elsewhere (Chaudhuri et al, 2021). The initial search yielded 87 documents.…”

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Improving Urban Air Quality Monitoring in Delhi, India: Reflections on Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors (LCAQS) and Participatory Engagement

Kumar

Chaudhuri

2022

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

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In Delhi, the capital city of India, air pollution has been a perpetual menace to urban sustainability and public health. The present study uses a mixed-method approach to enumerate to the urban authorities: (a) the state of air pollution in the city; (b) systemic flaws in the current monitoring network; (c) potential means to bolster it; and (d) need of a participatory framework for monitoring. Information about Air Quality Index (AQI), obtained from 36 monitoring stations across Delhi is compared between 2021 (20 April–25 May; 2nd year/phase of SARS-CoV-2 lockdown), and the corresponding time periods in 2020 (1st year/phase of lockdown), and 2019 (business-as-usual) using the Mann–Whitney U Test. AQI during the 2021 lockdown (a) appeared statistically more similar ( p < .01) to that of 2019 and (b) exceeded the environmental health safety benchmark for 85% days during the study period (20 April–25 May). However, this only presented a partial glimpse into the air pollution status. It owes to numerous ‘holes’ in the AQI data record (no data and/or insufficient data). Moreover, certain areas in Delhi yet have no monitoring station, or only too few, to yield a ‘representative’ estimate (inadequate spatial coverage). Such shortcomings in the existing monitoring network may deter future research and targeted/informed decision-making for pollution control. To that end, the present research offers a summary view of Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors (LCAQS), to offer the urban sustainability authorities, ‘complementary’ technique to bolster and diversify the existing network. The main advantages and disadvantages of various LCAQS sensor technologies are highlighted while emphasizing on the challenges around various calibration techniques (linear and non-linear). The final section reflects on the integration of science and technology with social dimensions of air quality monitoring and highlights key requirements for (a) community mobilization and (b) stakeholder engagement to forge a participatory systems’ design for LCAQS deployment.

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Groundwater-sourced irrigation and agro-power subsidies: Boon or bane for small/marginal farmers in India?

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References 76 publications

A Lost Frontier or a New Gateway to Global Climate Action? The Afghan Leadership and the Revival of Afghanistan’s Mineral Sector

A Lost Frontier or a New Gateway to Global Climate Action? The Afghan Leadership and the Revival of Afghanistan’s Mineral Sector

Global ambient air quality monitoring: Can mosses help? A systematic meta-analysis of literature about passive moss biomonitoring

Improving Urban Air Quality Monitoring in Delhi, India: Reflections on Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors (LCAQS) and Participatory Engagement

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