Water–food–energy nexus with changing agricultural scenarios in India during recent decades

Barik, Beas; Ghosh, Subimal; Sahana, A. Saheer; Pathak, Amey; Sekhar, Muddu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3041-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3041-2017

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The changing water cycle of the Indo-Gangetic Plain

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3041-2017

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26 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 26 Jun 2017

Water–food–energy nexus with changing agricultural scenarios in India during recent decades

Beas Barik, Subimal Ghosh, A. Saheer Sahana, Amey Pathak, and Muddu Sekhar

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SC1: 'Comment', Devesh Walia, 08 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Responses to Short Comment', Subimal Ghosh, 16 Feb 2017
RC1: 'Review comments on HESS-2016-647', Christopher Scott, 31 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Responses to reviewer 1', Subimal Ghosh, 16 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Review on HESS manuscript "Water Food Energy Nexus: Changing Scenarios in India during recent Decades"', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Feb 2017
- AC3: 'Responses to the comments by Reviewer 2', Subimal Ghosh, 16 Feb 2017
RC3: 'Review comments on "Water Food Energy Nexus: Changing Scenarios in India during recent Decades"', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 Feb 2017
- AC4: 'Responses to the comments by Reviewer 3', Subimal Ghosh, 16 Feb 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (13 Mar 2017) by Ana Mijic

AR by Subimal Ghosh on behalf of the Authors (04 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Apr 2017) by Ana Mijic

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (18 May 2017)

ED: Publish as is (18 May 2017) by Ana Mijic

Short summary

The article summarises changing patterns of the water-food-energy nexus in India during recent decades. The work first analyses satellite data of water storage with a validation using the observed well data. Northern India shows a declining trend of water storage and western-central India shows an increasing trend of the same. Major droughts result in a drop in water storage which is not recovered due to uncontrolled ground water irrigation for agricultural activities even in good monsoon years.