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ubber cultivati<strong>on</strong>. in Kallada. the proporti<strong>on</strong> is 18 per cent. Preliminary results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a<br />

study by Viswanathan (1997) based <strong>on</strong> a sample survey indicates that rubber has<br />

occupied about 40 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the paddy area <strong>and</strong> 53 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the dry area in the<br />

Kallada irrigati<strong>on</strong> project. In the Kallada project. which was designed <strong>for</strong> irrigating<br />

garden l<strong>and</strong> crops. mainly coc<strong>on</strong>ut. the crop occupies <strong>on</strong>ly 28 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the dry<br />

area ...... bout 21 per cent <strong>and</strong> 14 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the paddy area have been substituted with<br />

coc<strong>on</strong>ut <strong>and</strong> tapioca respectively.<br />

The questi<strong>on</strong> that whether availability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> physical infrastructure <strong>and</strong> the<br />

subsequent provisi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> water influences <strong>farm</strong>ers decisi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> crop allocati<strong>on</strong> needs<br />

empirical testing specifically in the c<strong>on</strong>text <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kerala. However, it has been noticed<br />

that the area under paddy during the sec<strong>on</strong>d crop (.\/lindakan) has declined in seven<br />

talu].;.' LllmmanJcJ by maJor irrigati<strong>on</strong> ProlCelS Jlmost by 20 per cent during 1974-<br />

75 to ]986-87 ITJble 59)<br />

Table 5.9: Decline in padd~' area in taluk5 wvered under major irrigati<strong>on</strong> projects, \966-<br />

67 to 1986-87<br />

I Taluk,<br />

Area during sec<strong>on</strong>d crop (hectares)<br />

% change<br />

1966-67 197.1-75 1986-87<br />

( 1966-87)<br />

l\e\\attmkara 5673 5945 I·UJ) 32151--15.9) -43.33<br />

Mukundapuram 16444 15482 (-5 8) 12561 (-189) -23.61<br />

Thrissur 18246 17699 (-3 0) 11248 (-36-1) -38.35<br />

Thal3Jl£.a II v 16843 16342 (-30) 14146 (-13-1) -16.01<br />

I Chinoor 18313 22364 I]] I) 17262 (-228) -5.74<br />

Alathoor 15902 20526129 I) 16796 (-182) 5.62<br />

Palakkad 15237 157211J:!) 14299 (-9.0) -6.16<br />

.\(JlJra. Complied from GOK. 1998.74.<br />

Nolt!. Parenthetic figures are percentage change between periods.<br />

/\s tht: tahlt: Indicates. tht:re was c<strong>on</strong>siderahk decline in paddy area in all the<br />

taluks during I CJ74-75 to 19X6-X7 <strong>and</strong> the highest decline repurted was in<br />

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