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district, Periyar Valley in the Emakulam district and Pamba in Pathanamthitta district having a CCA <strong>of</strong> 84205 ha. were also brought under CADA in 1992-93. Later. with the passing <strong>of</strong> the' Kerala Command Area Development Act' (1986) (37 <strong>of</strong> 1986). the programme had been extended to the entire state. The CADA rules have been framed and published Vide No. 8909/ CADA-1/93/ Irrign. dt. 17.6.1995 in the Kerala Gazette (Extraordinary) No. 599. dt 20.6.1995 (CADA. 1996: 5) The Command Area Development Agency (CADA), as mentioned earlier. is responsible for taking up soil and topographical surveys, construction <strong>of</strong> field channels and drains with related structures. introduction <strong>of</strong> 'Warabandi' system, organisation <strong>of</strong> Beneficiary Farmers' Associations (BFAs). adaptive trials. largescale demonstrations (LSD) <strong>of</strong> agricultural practices. etc. Primarily. it is intended to coordinate the activities <strong>of</strong> Engineering. Agriculture. Co-operation, Soil conservation and Evaluation departments involved in OFD and other related CAD programmes. The organisational set up and the linkages and activities <strong>of</strong> the different wings/ departments <strong>of</strong> CADA are shown in chart I. 205
Chart: 6.1 Organisational Chart showing CAD Programmes with respect to implementation <strong>of</strong> scientific OFD in irrigation projects in Kerala , If 1 If , If , ~ 1 r ENGINEERING SOIL AGRICUL TURE CO- EVALUATION WING CONSERVATION WING OPERATION WING WING WING , If , II' 1 If , II' 1 If Construction <strong>of</strong> field I Soil survey and soil Adaptive trials, large- Organisation Undertaking farml drainage conservation scale demonstration, <strong>of</strong> BFAsl studies on the channels; farm roads; activities, viz., land training programmes, Karshaka impact <strong>of</strong> introduction <strong>of</strong> levelling and land construction <strong>of</strong> wells, Samitis in the various CAD 'Warabandhi', etc. shaping provision <strong>of</strong> pump sets ayacut schemes I • • Implementation <strong>of</strong> scientific OFD works Implementation <strong>of</strong> scientific water management I- measures .. Optimum utilisation <strong>of</strong> water and high water use ... ~ efficiency .... 206
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, ECONOMICS OF ON-FARM DEVELOPMENT:
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DEC LARA TION I declare that the th
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I thank Dr. KM Varadan, CWRDM. Kozh
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CONTENTS Chapter 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
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4.9 Occupational Status of<
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5.3 5.4 5.6 5.7 Financial Investmen
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Figures 6.1 6.2 Chart 6.1 Appendix
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Abbreviations used ASMO BFA's CADA
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An attempt has been made in this ch
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among the people and the process <s
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the Indian state had followed a pol
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water harvesting 7 by arguing that
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(World Register of
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Eighth Plan has been estimated by t
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One of the most im
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integrated development of</
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inadequate attention given to OFD w
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performance of irr
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created. According to the Central W
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7 lagoons, 901 tanks and over 30 la
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competent and responsible agency wi
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physiographic conditions of
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(14 completed and 15 ongoing) proje
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interventions to improve the operat
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a summary of findi
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economic analysis of</stron
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een brought out by many scholars in
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While the economic benefits <strong
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sources, wasteful utilisation <stro
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such as rise in pnces, inadequate i
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the completion of
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of rainfed croppin
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areas being 8 per cent (GO!, 1998).
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investment In irrigation developmen
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Subsequently, an Expert Committee w
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highlighted the problems related to
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2.3.1 Studies on tbe impact <strong
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command area has reduced the labour
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Nanjundappa (1988), while examining
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y the CADA have led to low producti
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agents as against 90 per cent or mo
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among their members; c) insisting t
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Ansari (1989) shows that there have
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unit of land culti
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subgroup increased from 40 per cent
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1) The maIn activity being undertak
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which are unique in several ways, t
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across the states in different agro
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and social setting In which a proje
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The indepth study to examine the fa
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\,;nar~ .NO. ~.~: .t"rocesses ana s
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understand the problems related to
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of the crop produc
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greater differences between the the
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Chart ~o J.2 'Vater Institutions an
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specific promotional programmes und
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Chart No. 3.3 Explaining failure <s
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3.3.2 Crop specific promotional ins
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non-viable paddy. Even the farmers
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strictly adhered to the directions
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4.1.2 Financial aspects The total e
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4.2 The Kallada Irrigation and Tree
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Map 4.4: Kallada Ayacut , IItIJrt ~
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in lands having slopes less than 3
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Table 4.1. Envisa~ed Croppin~ Patte
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in terms of underg
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meters. The end of
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and Kayamkulam branch in Phase II.
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lands. The average holding size is
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The characteristics of</str
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size group is the highest in the mi
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Table 4.10: Occupational status <st
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Appendix 4.1: Physical and technica
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Chapter 5 Dynamics of</stro
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plan. annual plans (1966-69) and th
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gt:ographical concentration <strong
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Concerted efforts were also made fo
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T a bl e 5 3 Ph . I d Ii . I - - vS
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expenditure and p~ysical achievemen
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the state cannot be treated as a pu
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in gross irrigated area. While cana
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development of lan
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The annual compound growth rates in
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5.2.1 Dynamics of
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Page 183 and 184: Source: Govt. of K
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Page 189 and 190: project, they tend to undertake yie
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Page 201 and 202: Revenue vis Capital expenditure The
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Page 227 and 228: Table 6.2. Physical and financial t
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Page 231 and 232: per cent achievement in physical te
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· 13 Bank assistance programme and
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etween I to 2 ha. are to arrange fo
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Table 6.22: Status of</stro
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Though almost all the farmers repor
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3854 in the middle reaches. The pro
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The net income from vegetables and
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Appendix 6.1: Project-Wise Physical
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Chapter 7 On-Farm Development: Dete
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It can be seen from the survey data
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een made to examme as to how many f
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a farmer to use water from the dist
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The farmers were asked to reflect u
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evamping needed to reorient the MCS
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supplies. What is more interesting
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the knowledge of i
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All of the five ex
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It is evident from the table that t
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implications on the dynamics <stron
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competitive monocropl2 as no other
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of conversion thro
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involving farmers as active members
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The viability of p
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factors l8 . As a result. the agric
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The rise in price of</stron
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may be observed that the canal seep
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process of paddy l
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Table 7.19: Productivity and gross
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The technical constraints In the de
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2) Lack of irrigat
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manure or fertilisers are also do n
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according to the conventional basin
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Registration Act, 1860 in the erstw
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The pattern of act
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eported by CADA of
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Appendix 7.2: Paddy land conversion
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d,l!llS in the post-independence pc
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all(lcatioll ill the absence <stron
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irrigation commands. Th;; stud) was
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comparative COSI .:conomlcs <strong
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time lag involved in completion uf
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the state has increased by about 46
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cultivation of com
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through the effective implementatiC
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een the highest in Kallada project
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It was noticed that among the vario
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The institutional paradigm evolved
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of India to be rel
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economically viable. This underscor
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The intensity and spread of
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of allocation and
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shows that filed realities have not
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as water management related factors
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labour intensive farming operations
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Given the dynamics, problems and co
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ground realities associated with cr
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Dhawan, B.D. (1989): Sludies in Irr
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Kothari, Rajni, (1989): Politics an
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Vaidyanathan, A (1999): Water Resou
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Ghosh, Prabir De, Budhadeb (1998):
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Nair, Sukumaran, M.K. (1999): 'Rura
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Varadan, K,~ (1999): 'Estimation <s
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GOK (1967b): Evaluation of<
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Ferrer. A.M., .L.e. Lucero (1988):
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Suresh, K.A. (2000): 'Group Managem
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Tomlinson, B.R. (1992): 'The Indian
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