AAEA annual meeting track session
MILWAUKEE, July 12,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AAEA annual meeting track
session
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the
International Section, "Groundwater irrigation for sustainable
development in South Asia" will
look at South Asia which is home
to the world's largest number of smallholder farmers and the
agricultural production in the region relies heavily on groundwater
irrigation. Intensification of groundwater irrigation in the region
is linked to improvement in food security and poverty reduction via
higher agricultural productivity. However, it has serious
implications on climate change, particularly because groundwater is
extracted using fossil-fuel pumps. Efforts to curb CO2 emissions
are underway, but the adoption of such practices and technologies
is low and sporadic. In this session, we will discuss the
challenges and opportunities of groundwater irrigation in
South Asia highlighting three
ongoing studies from India,
Nepal, and Bangladesh. We will discuss pricing farm
electricity and water use efficiency in India, benefits of solar irrigation in
Bangladesh and how the
accumulation of human-made capital has contributed to the decline
in groundwater capital in Nepal
and India.
Presentations in this session:
- Pricing Farm Electricity, Water Use and Efficiency: The Case of
Paddy Cultivation in Punjab
Disha Gupta, India Gandhi
Institute of Development
- A place in the sun: farmers' co-benefits from solar irrigation
in Bangladesh
Marie-Charlotte Buisson,
IWMI-CGIAR
- The Depletion of Groundwater Capital and Accumulation of
Man-Made Capital
Ram Fishman
- Discussion on groundwater irrigation for sustainable
development in South Asia
Soumya Balasubramanya, The World
Bank
This session will take place on Monday,
July 29 from 2:45 pm –
4:15 pm CST in the New Orleans
Marriott in Iberville on the
fourth floor.
If you are interested in attending the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting
in New Orleans, LA, please send a
completed complimentary media registration to Allison Ware in the AAEA Business Office. You
can also learn more on our Annual Meeting Media Kit page.
ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied
Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional
association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500
members in more than 60 countries. Members of the AAEA work in
academic or government institutions as well as in industry and
not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of research,
teaching, and outreach activities in the areas of agriculture, the
environment, food, health, and international development. The AAEA
publishes three journals, the Journal of the Agricultural and
Applied Economics Association (an open access journal), the
American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Applied Economic
Perspectives & Policy, as well as the online magazine Choices
and the online open access publication series Applied Economics
Teaching Resources. To learn more, visit http://www.aaea.org.
Media Contact
Allison Ware, Agricultural &
Applied Economics Association, 414-918-3190, aware@aaea.org,
https://www.aaea.org/meetings/2024-aaea-annual-meeting
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