Ep 2 | Groundwater And Markets With Soumya Balasubramanya The Water Data podcast

Ep 2 | Groundwater and Markets with Soumya Balasubramanya

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Do farmers share and sell groundwater to each other informally? Can you price water for farmers? How does new technology get adopted in agriculture? Does solar irrigation make sense for India?

Dr Soumya Balasubramanya has a wide-ranging discussion with host Veena Srinivasan on the second episode of Season 2 of the Water Data Podcast.

Dr Soumya Balasubramanya is a senior economist with the World Bank, and previously a Senior Researcher in Environment and Development Economics at the International Water Management Institute-CGIAR. Soumya has worked extensively on analysing informal groundwater markets in South Asia, on irrigation and solar-powered irrigation, on pricing, and on evaluating water quality interventions in Arsenic-polluted waters.

This episode is co-hosted by Pavan Srinath, Managing Partner at WELL Labs.

For all references and further readings related to the episode, visit https://bit.ly/waterdatapod-sbala

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Recording by Pavan Srinath. Video editing by Nabina Chakraborty. Graphics and artwork by Aparna Nambiar. Audio mixing and mastering by Vijay Doiphode. Podcast production and management by Nabina Chakraborty and Pavan Srinath.

Chapters

1. Highlights (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to Soumya Balasubramanya (00:00:41)

3. Managing Groundwater and Informal Water Markets (00:02:25)

4. Data Deficits and Experimenting with Policy Instruments (00:10:20)

5. Long term Strategies and solutions (00:18:22)

6. Follow us to not miss out on future episodes (00:26:16)

7. Solar Irrigation & Net Metering (00:26:36)

8. Efficiency vs. Conservation (00:35:39)

9. Information as a Policy Instrument (00:39:51)

10. Water Quality, Urban Water, and Tanker Markets (00:46:33)

11. Policy, Trade-Offs & Realism (00:53:14)

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