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

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, Dhruba Pant, Bharat Sharma, M.V. Riaz
International Water Management Institute
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Himalaya, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Water Resources, Irrigation, Water Supply, Nepal, India, International Water Management Institute, & et al, Dhruba Pant, New Delhi, Bharat Sharma, M.V. Riaz