India Chandigarh Punjab Irrigation Department K.S. Takshi groundwater recharge rate urbanization well pump reservoir canal surface water food energy choke point circle of blue wilson center j. carl ganter

Chandigarh, Shared Capital of Punjab and Haryana

0 Comments
/
Home to 1 million, Chandigarh is considered the 'cleanest city' in India. It also has the highest per capita income, thanks in large part to the agricultural boom since the Green Revolution of the 1960s in both Punjab and Haryana states of northern India.

Scarcity in a Time of Surplus: Free Water and Energy Cause Food Waste and Power Shortage in India

6 Comments
/
Farm policies intended to remove risk from the grain-producing economy have pulled India from the perennial fear of famine. But inefficient bureaucracy and rampant corruption also promote the squandering of resources and a glut of food that is not reaching the poor.
India water food energy choke point infographic graphic data coal groundwater scarcity bureaucracy

Infographic: Water, Food, and Energy Choke Points in India

1 Comment
/
India's resource problems are not those of scarcity, but rather of inefficient use and bureaucratic policies.

Video: India — A Nation Heading Towards a Water-Food-Energy Choke Point

0 Comments
/
After spending a month in India, Circle of Blue's India team members debrief their findings.
Punjab irrigation water well electric pump farm farming wheat crop rice paddy water table aquifer electricity generation Choke Point India water food energy nexus Circle of Blue Wilson Center Punjab Title: Irrigation well in Punjab, India

Choke Point: India — The Leopard in the Well

11 Comments
/
Thanks in large part to the Green Revolution that catalyzed grain production in the mid-1960s, India ended the perennial fear of famine. But achieving food abundance has overwhelmed India's mammoth and unwieldy bureaucracy, drained its freshwater reserves, and strained the energy sector and electrical grid.

Photo Slideshow: China’s Polluted Waters

0 Comments
/
Pollution is a major driver of water scarcity in China, especially in the places where economic growth is the highest and water resources are under the most stress — China’s dry northern breadbaskets and its biggest manufacturing hubs in the south and east.

Map: China’s Provincial Water Resources and Use (2002-2010)

1 Comment
/
Click through the interactive infographic to see how China, the world’s largest nation and second-largest economy, faces multiple challenges for sustaining its water supply.

Map: China’s Provincial Energy Production (1997-2010)

0 Comments
/
Click through the interactive infographic to see how China, the…

Toxic Water: Across Much of China, Huge Harvests Irrigated with Industrial and Agricultural Runoff

7 Comments
/
The dirty truth about the world’s largest grain producer.
China's Major Grains Map

Map: China’s Provincial Grain Production (1997-2010)

0 Comments
/
Click through the interactive infographic to see how China, the world’s largest nation and second-largest economy, has shifted its bread baskets to the north.
Frackconfront1CPC2

China’s Water Reserves and World’s Warming Atmosphere Wait For Natural Gas Breakthrough

7 Comments
/
China’s deep shale reserves are treacherous to tap and slow to develop.

Photo Slideshow: Irrigating Northeastern China’s Breadbasket

1 Comment
/
By J. Carl Ganter and Keith Schneider The northeast region…