07.03.2014 Views

economics of on-farm development - Institute for Social and ...

economics of on-farm development - Institute for Social and ...

economics of on-farm development - Institute for Social and ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

~~-<br />

~-<br />

--~<br />

In all others. the BC ratio is not encouraging enough. The per<strong>for</strong>mance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Vazhani is disappointing with negative returns. This differential per<strong>for</strong>mance is a<br />

functi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>. am<strong>on</strong>g other factors. cropping pattern. A project with relatively more<br />

commercial <strong>and</strong> high value crops per<strong>for</strong>m obviously better than the <strong>on</strong>e where<br />

traditi<strong>on</strong>al <strong>and</strong> inferior varieties <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> crops are grown. If we look at the<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> various crops to total earnings in a comm<strong>and</strong> area. it gives some<br />

interestmg insights. For instance. a water intensiv'e crop like paddy accounts <strong>for</strong> a<br />

major c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> in MaIampuLha. Gayathri. Pothundy <strong>and</strong> Mangalam projects.<br />

its share being 61 per cent. 80 per cent. 57 per cent <strong>and</strong> 50 per cent respectively<br />

(Table 6.8). The c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> coc<strong>on</strong>ut is the highest in six projects where its<br />

share ·.. aries from 47 per cent in Walayar project to 89 per cent in the Chalakudy<br />

project. It is also important to 11llte that the share <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> paddy in the net earnings has<br />

been negallve In the ca,c ur Chabkud) <strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong>ly 8 per cent In the case <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Neyyar<br />

irrigati<strong>on</strong> pro,,:ct.l he share <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> crops. such as arecanut. tapioca <strong>and</strong> banana is not<br />

v

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!