Community tubewell-an organisational alternative to small farmers irrigation

Pant, Niranjan (1984) Community tubewell-an organisational alternative to small farmers irrigation. Economic and Political Weekly, 19 (26). A59-A66.

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Abstract

Small and marginal farmers constitute the great majority of the farming households in the country, even though they operate only a minor proportion of the cultivated area. The Small Farmers' Development Agencies and the Marginal Farmers' and Agricultural Labourers Agencies have failed to really reach this segment of the population to fulfil their developmental needs. Nevertheless, it has been found that wherever inputs have been connected to small/marginal farmers, productivity on their lands has been far superior to that on others — owing to the intensity of their labour and the economy of their farming input practices. Irrigation is one of the pre-requisites for any major improvement in land productivity. This paper describes some successful experiments with community tubewells in Fast UP and North Bihar. It underscores that institutional factors as much as financial investments are important in determining the success of these ventures.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Sandhya Gir
Date Deposited: 13 May 2011 09:35
Last Modified: 13 May 2011 09:35
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2031

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