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Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Irrigation

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This chapter introduces the contents of Part I of this SpringerBrief and highlights the vicious circle of agricultural power supply problems in India. The chapter starts with an introduction to the power sector in India, and Andhra Pradesh in particular, discussing its major challenges. Then, a brief overview of the agricultural power supply situation is given, followed by a short description of possible remedies to the currently existing low-equilibrium trap of low-quality power supply for irrigation.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin, Germany

    Julian Sagebiel

  2. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    Christian Kimmich

  3. Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Malte Müller & Markus Hanisch

  4. cBalance Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Vivek Gilani

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Sagebiel, J., Kimmich, C., Müller, M., Hanisch, M., Gilani, V. (2016). Introduction. In: Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Irrigation. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22515-9_1

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