Solar irrigation pumps: Farmers' experience and state policy in Rajasthan

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn , Issue 10, 2014, Pages 55-62

  Kishore, Avinash ^a   Shah, Tushaar ^b   Tewari, Nidhi Prabha ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Democracy Connect   (India)

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EID: 84898053929     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: 23498846     Source Type: Journal    
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