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

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

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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

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After spending a month in India, Circle of Blue's India team members debrief their findings.
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Choke Point: India — The Leopard in the Well

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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.

Designing Qatar and India

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Circle of Blue design intern Laura Stegmeyer reflects on her first week.

Bouncing on Circles of Blue

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Circle of Blue intern Jinah Park summarizes the first three weeks of spring at the Traverse City office.

UNICEF Report Has Five Messages for India’s Water Managers

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Better water management is necessary for environmental and public…
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On Water and Energy, India Is Different

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It’s been a couple of weeks since our Circle of Blue team completed its 27-day research trip to India.
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2012 Year In Review: At the Front Line of the Global Contest Over Water, Food, and Energy

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Circle of Blue's senior editor Keith Schneider reflects on — and celebrates — this year's body of work from our top reporters.

Delhi Dispatch: Rice, Wheat, and Water Serve Up Equal Helpings of Punjab’s Wealth and Risk

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Free power, water, fertilizer, and chemicals encourages abuse of resources for world’s number two rice and wheat producer.
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Delhi Dispatch: No Running Water But a Delhi Slum Hut Community Teems With Life

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Squatter village defies the label of temporary.

Protests Break Out After India’s Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Downstream State in Cauvery River Dispute

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A decades-long quarrel over water allocations boils up again during this year's dry summer, ending in farmer protests and increased security.