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Chapter 5<br />

Dynamics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> Agricultural<br />

Development in Kerala<br />

This chapter divided into two secti<strong>on</strong>s. examines the status. problems <strong>and</strong> prospects<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> irrigati<strong>on</strong> infrastructure l deyelopment in Kerala in the post-independence period.<br />

The first secti<strong>on</strong> examines the scale <strong>and</strong> intensity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> public investment in irrigati<strong>on</strong><br />

<strong>development</strong> in the state in successive Five Year Plans. The financial as well as<br />

physical aspects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>development</strong> are also examined. While the financial<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance is analysed using the c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al project cycle approach <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cost <strong>and</strong><br />

time over-runs involved in the <strong>development</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> irrigati<strong>on</strong> systems. the physical<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance is examined in terms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> achievements in area expansi<strong>on</strong> under<br />

irrigati<strong>on</strong>. improvements in crop producti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> productivity. etc. In<strong>for</strong>mati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong><br />

the project-wise costs <strong>and</strong> benefits are collated so as to facilitate the spatial <strong>and</strong><br />

inter-temporal analysis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>development</strong> in the state. The<br />

agricultural <strong>development</strong> experience <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the state is discussed at length in the sec<strong>on</strong>d<br />

secti<strong>on</strong>. Secti<strong>on</strong> three deals with the organisati<strong>on</strong>al aspects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>development</strong><br />

in Kerala. While discussing the complexities involved in irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>development</strong> in<br />

the state, it tries to trace the regi<strong>on</strong>-specific factors c<strong>on</strong>trihuting to sub-optimal<br />

I Hayami <strong>and</strong> Ruttan (1971) distinguish between physical <strong>and</strong> instituli<strong>on</strong>al infrastructure<br />

<strong>development</strong>. Going by this. investment <strong>for</strong> irrigati<strong>on</strong> infrastructure devciopmcnl is<br />

invariably a creati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> social overhead capital (SOC).

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