External publications

A behavioral perspective on improving water governance in India

Falk, Thomas / Dennis Schüpf / Wei Zhang / Ilkhom Soliev
External Publications (2021)

published on ifpri.org/blog, 29.12.2021

India is globally the largest groundwater user and simultaneously among the world’s most water stressed countries. Almost two thirds of the water requirement for irrigation and 85% of domestic water use depend on groundwater. The growing competition over water resources can only be addressed by systemic changes towards sustainable water management. These require understanding the behaviors of actors in the system network, as well as the institutions that shape the direction in which the system moves.