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Groundwater depletion for irrigation threatens long-term food security in India and Pakistan.

open India, Asia

Decades of subsidized electricity have encouraged excessive borewell pumping, dropping water tables dangerously fast. Smart metering combined with drip-irrigation subsidies could slow depletion.

local-regional asia india food-security depletion groundwater irrigation threatens long-term food security pakistan decades water long climate-environment global-unspecified urban

WS01366 · Logged by Ian Patel on 2026-07-22T13:52:00Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS01366 Title: Groundwater depletion for irrigation threatens long-term food security in India and Pakistan. URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1366

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