Droughts are world’s costliest disasters
August 26, 2014
But Asia can manage calamity better with a new mindset and policy innovation.… Read More
Water Quality Management in Singapore: The Role of Institutions, Laws and Regulations
By Cecilia Tortajada and Yugal Kishore Joshi, 2014. Article published in Hydrological Sciences Journal, Volume 59, Issue 9, pages 1763-1774.… Read More
Dry reality of droughts in China
August 18, 2014
Because of droughts, China is facing a conundrum of tradeoffs between policy objectives such as providing people with food grains at affordable prices and food sufficiency.… Read More
Global water scene not as rosy as officially painted
August 15, 2014
In South Asia, for example, there is no clean water that can be drunk directly from taps.… Read More
Can India feed 1.7 billion people by 2050?
August 15, 2014
In a country where 35 to 40 per cent of food is not consumed, the government urgently needs to reduce wastage to an acceptable level.… Read More
India’s Homemade Food Crisis
August 8, 2014
Given that India is already struggling to feed its population, its current food crisis could worsen significantly in the coming decades.… Read More
‘Land grabbing’ myth and China-bashing
August 4, 2014
China’s intensive growth has been greeted with mixed feelings in the rest of the world, and nowhere do emotions run higher than in the discussion over farmland ownership.… Read More
India should consider new, innovative drought management strategies
Throughout history, droughts have occurred in India frequently. Importance of good monsoons in a predominantly agrarian economy like India has been wellknown for millennia.… Read More
The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban Water Management
Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Francisco González-Gómez, Asit K. Biswas and Miguel A. García-Rubio, 2014, Routledge, London, 211 pages.… Read More
Creating Shared Value: Impacts of Nestlé in Moga, India
By Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada, Andrea Biswas-Tortajada, Yugal K. Joshi with Aishvarya Gupta, 2014, Springer, Heidelberg, 115 pages.… Read More