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Shilp Verma

Senior Researcher - Water-Energy-Food Policies, Deputy Country Representative - India

Anand, India

Shilp Verma

Expertise

Water resources management, water-energy-food nexus, groundwater governance, rural livelihoods, water economics, policies and institutions

Before IWMI

2009-2019: Consulting Researcher (Water-Energy-Livelihoods)

Languages

English, Hindi

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Current Projects

(7 ongoing projects listed)

IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Program (ITP)

NEXUS Gains: Realizing Multiple Benefits Across Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (Forests, Biodiversity)

Solar Energy for Rural Livelihoods (SE4RL)

Solar irrigation for Agricultural Resilience

TA-9742 REG: Deploying Solar Systems at Scale - Capacity Building Specialist (Solar Irrigation) (52227-001)

ICAR Program Support 2022

Review of solar pumping practices in the Punjab province to inform agri-water-energy sector reform

Recent Publications

Barriers to the uptake of solar-powered irrigation by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review.

Proceedings of the Workshop of the Stakeholder Consultation on Policy Coherence among Food, Land, and Water Systems in India, New Delhi, India, 16 June 2023.

Proceedings of the State-level Consultation Workshop on Policy Coherence in the Food, Land, and Water Systems: Case Study of Odisha, India, Odisha, India, 14 December 2023.

Identifying the barriers and pathways forward for expanding the use of groundwater for irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Understanding smallholder irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a sample survey from nine countries.

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