An Innovation System Perspective on Adaptation Strategies to Climate Variability and Water Management in India

Banerjee, Rupsha (2013) An Innovation System Perspective on Adaptation Strategies to Climate Variability and Water Management in India, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Science, cognition and technology, 26 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/6159.
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Abstract

Government policies play a critical role in influencing market conditions, institutions and overall agricultural productivity. The thesis therefore looks into the history of agriculture development in India. Taking a political economy perspective, the historical account looks at significant institutional and technological innovations carried out in pre- independent and post independent India. It further focuses on the Green Revolution in Asia, as forty years after; the agricultural community still faces the task of addressing recurrent issue of food security amidst emerging challenges, such as climate change. It examines the Green Revolution that took place in India during the late 1960s and 70s in a historical perspective, identifying two factors of institutional change and political leadership. Climate change in agriculture development has become a major concern to farmers, researchers and policy makers alike. However, there is little knowledge on the farmers’ perception to climate change and to the extent they coincide with actual climatic data. Using a qualitative approach,it looks into the perceptions of the farmers in four villages in the states of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. While exploring the adaptation strategies, the chapter looks into the dynamics of who can afford a particular technology and who cannot and what leads to a particular adaptation decision thus determining the adaptive capacity in water management. The final section looks into the devolution of authority for natural resource management to local user groups through the Water Users’ Associations as an important approach to overcome the long-standing challenges of centralized state bureaucracies in India. It addresses the knowledge gap of why some local user groups are able to overcome governance challenges such as elite capture, while others-that work under the design principles developed by Elinor Ostrom. It draws conclusions on how local leadership, can be promoted to facilitate participatory irrigation management.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Banerjee, Rupsha
Supervisore
Co-supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze umanistiche
Ciclo
26
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Political economy, agriculture productivity, climate change, individual agency, water management
URN:NBN
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/6159
Data di discussione
24 Ottobre 2013
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