Publications

Publications

Journal Papers Authored/Coauthored

  1. Prasad P. Enhancing resilience or exacerbating inequity? Revisiting Irrigation Investments in India Water Alternatives 19(1) Feb 2026. Pages 180-201.

  2. Duker A., Velasquez D.Z., Prasad P., de Fraiture C., Quesada G.C. How grassroots resistance fosters sustainability: lessons from sand harvesting and water availability in a farming community in Kenya Water SA 51(4) Oct 2025. Pages 370-377.

  3. Yalew S.G., Prasad P., Mul M., van der Zaag P. Integrating equity and justice principles in water resources modelling and management Environmental Research Letters Sep 2024.

  4. Prasad P., Duker A., Velasquez D.Z., Chauruka M., Karimba B.M., de Fraiture C., Manzungu E., van der Zaag P. From few large to many small investments: lessons for adaptive irrigation development in an uncertain world Frontiers in Water - Water and Climate Volume 6, Jun 2024.

  5. Chauruka M., Duker A., Prasad P., van der Zaag P. Endogenous irrigation in arid Zimbabwe: farmer perceptions of livelihood benefits and barriers to scaling Water SA 49(4) Oct 2023. Pages 355-362.

  6. Prasad P., Gupta P., Belsare H., Mahendra C.M., Bhopale M., Deshmukh S., Sohoni, M. Mapping farmer vulnerability to target interventions for climate-resilient agriculture: science in practice Water Policy Volume 25, Issue 8, July 2023

  7. Duker A., Maseko S., Moyo M.A., Karimba B.M., Bolding A., Prasad P., de Fraiture C., van der Zaag P. The Changing Faces of Farmer-Led Irrigation: Lessons from Dynamic Irrigation Trajectories in Kenya and Zimbabwe The Journal of Development Studies Volume 59, Issue 9, April 2023, Pages 1317-1336

  8. Prasad P., Duker A., de Fraiture C., van der Zaag P. Irrigation development under uncertainty: A call for adaptive investment pathways Environmental Science and Policy Volume 140, Feb 2023, Pages 104-110

  9. Prasad P., Damani O.P., Sohoni M. How can resource-level thresholds guide sustainable intensification of agriculture at farm level? A system dynamics study of farm-pond based intensification Agricultural Water Management Volume 264, 30 April 2022, 107385

  10. Karimba B.M., Duker A.E.C., Prasad P., de Fraiture C., van der Zaag P. Irrigation on the move: How transient farming partnerships facilitate booming smallholder irrigation along ephemeral rivers in dryland areas of Kenya Agricultural Water Management Volume 265. 2022

  11. Duker A.E.C, Karimba B.M., Wani G.E., Prasad P., van der Zaag P., de Fraiture C. Security in flexibility: Accessing land and water for irrigation in Kenya's changing rural environment Cahiers Agricultures 31, 7, 2022.

  12. Belsare H., Sohoni M., Gokhale R., Prasad P., Asim R. P., Marathe C., Gupta P., Sali, S. Patil S., Deshmukh S. Computing for climate resilience in agriculture Communications of the ACM Vol. 65 No. 11. Nov 2022. Pages 74-79

  13. Prasad P. and Sohoni M. Agricultural intensification and risk in water-constrained hard-rock regions: a social-ecological systems study of horticulture cultivation in western India Ecology and Society 25(4):2. 2020.

  14. Prasad P., Mishra V. and Sohoni M. Reforming rural drinking water schemes: The case of Raigad district in Maharashtra Economic and Political Weekly Vol XLIX, 19. 2014


Peer Reviewed Conference Publications

  1. Raj V., P. Prasad, Tiwale S., Yalew S., van der Zaag P. Equity perspective in groundwater-based collective irrigation in Andhra Pradesh 7th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector Delft. July 2025

  2. Mehta, S. A., Dutt, A., Tannirkulam, A., Singh, A. P., Verma, A., Singha, A., . P. Prasad, .. , Seth, A. Initial Observations from Field Testing of a Digital Participatory Tool to Improve Water Security in Rural India In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies and Development pp. 337-364. Dec 2024

  3. Mishra, R., Patil, P., Das, S., Adusumilli, R., Prasad, P. Assessing counter-intuitive cross-scale effects in farm-pond implementation programs in India In American Geophysical Union AGU 24 Washington D.C. and online. 10 Dec 2024

  4. Prasad, P. Addressing vulnerability or spreading inequity? State planning of irrigation investments for climate resilience in semi-arid drylands. Managing Sustainability Transitions in Agriculture: Newer direction for research and civic action IRMA Anand. Nov 2023

  5. Prasad, P., Karimba B.M., Duker A.E.C., van der Zaag P., de Fraiture C. Socio-hydrological analysis of sand-river supported irrigation and alternate livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. 1st Sociohydrology Conference Delft, The Netherlands. Sep 2021

  6. Pareeth S., Sesay A., Prasad P., Duker A.E.C., Kiptala J., Karimi P., de Fraiture, C.. Mapping growth of farmer-led irrigation: a complementary approach using satellite data and qualitative methods. 1st Sociohydrology Conference Delft, The Netherlands. Sep 2021

  7. Prasad, P., Karimi P., Kiptala J., Mwangi M., Yazew E., van der Zaag P. Adaptive investment pathway for farmer security: group modeling of sand river based social-ecological systems of Eastern Africa. The 38th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society Bergen, Norway (online). Jul 2020

  8. Prasad, P. and Sohoni, M. Farm-ponds for Horticulture: Boon or Curse? Analysing Impact on Farm Profitability, Resource Sustainability and Social Welfare. 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society Reykjavik, Iceland. Aug 2018