Vatavaran Vaad: Virtual Water Trade vis-à-vis Food and Water Security

Eastern states (Bihar, Odisha, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand), the Northeast, and the South-West Coast are more suitable for rice cultivation. However, these regions have relatively less area under rice compared to the North-Western Plains (Haryana, Punjab, & Western U.P.), resulting in multi-order impacts like overexploitation of groundwater, excess use of fertilizer & pesticide, non-natural crop patterns, etc. because of artificial intervention (assured procurement, etc.).

There’s a need for the application of Game Theory and Competitive Strategy vis-à-vis Virtual Water Trade to ensure Food as well as Water Security.

Visual/Image Description [Alt Text]: On a white, yellow and blue sky background, a picture titled “India’s Rice Cultivation and Sustainability Maps — (a) Rice Growing Area Map (Different colour-coded District-wise India Map) and (b) Rice Sustainability Map (Different colour-coded District-wise India Map), along with the Source: H Pathak, R Tripathi, NN Jambhulkar, JP Bisen and BB Panda (2020). Eco-regional Rice Farming for Enhancing Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability. NRRI Research Bulletin №22, ICAR — National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India. pp 28.” There’s the following text — “Eastern states (Bihar, Odisha, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand), the Northeast, and the South-West Coast are more suitable for rice cultivation. However, these regions have relatively less area under rice compared to the North-Western Plains (Haryana, Punjab, & Western U.P.), resulting in multi-order impacts like overexploitation of groundwater, excess use of fertilizer & pesticide, non-natural crop patterns, etc. because of artificial intervention (assured procurement, etc.).” Along with it are the logos and QR codes of The Sangyan and the ‘Build Forward Better’ campaign, and hashtags — #BuildForwardBetter and #VatavaranVaad.

Contextual Readings

1. Assessing the Groundwater Situation in Northern India [https://medium.com/@sangyan/assessing-the-groundwater-situation-in-northern-india-1cb5b3e46871]
2. Ukraine-Russia Conflict and Its Fallouts for the Indian Agriculture Sector and Water Stress [https://medium.com/@sangyan/ukraine-russia-conflict-and-its-fallouts-for-the-indian-agriculture-sector-and-water-stress-616404d6097]

About: वातावरण वाद | Vatavaran Vaad

Vatavaran means Environment and Vaad means dialogue, debate and discussion. Vatavaran Vaad is an endeavour for dialogue, debate and discussion around the Environment, Climate Change, Weather, Pollution, Biodiversity Loss, and other related issues, in order to trigger, catalyze, and nudge sustainable change towards environmental justice and nyāya, by way of taking cognizance and disseminating information and creating awareness.

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Authored by —

Adv. Abhishek Kumar, Founder and Curator — The Sangyan.