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Water poverty in the northeastern hill region (India): potential alleviation through multiple-use water systems [1]

In the northeast region of India, the societal water use is less than 5 per cent of the existing potential. This leads to vast devastation, poor crop yields, constrained livelihood options, malnutrition and drudgery. The region and the households witness `water poverty

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
& et al [2], Dhruba Pant [3], Bharat Sharma [4], M.V. Riaz [5]
International Water Management Institute [6]
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Himalaya [7], North East [8], Agriculture [9], Shifting Cultivation [10], Water Resources [11], Irrigation [12], Water Supply [13], Nepal [14], India [15], International Water Management Institute [6], & et al [2], Dhruba Pant [3], New Delhi [16], Bharat Sharma [4], M.V. Riaz [5]

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