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Hence. it may be argued that since the OFD has not taken place in the scale <strong>and</strong><br />

intensity warranted in the comm<strong>and</strong> area. the designed discharge <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> water seems<br />

10 be not adequate to meet fully the crop-water requirements.<br />

Furthermore. the coefficient <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> variati<strong>on</strong> (CV) in productivitv is hioher in<br />

- co<br />

the comm<strong>and</strong> area than at the district level. For instance, the CV in the<br />

productivity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kharif paddy is 10.9 per cent as against 8.6 per cent in the<br />

district. Same is the case with Rabi <strong>and</strong> summer paddy. The variati<strong>on</strong> in<br />

productivity in the ayacut is higher at 22 per cent compared to Kharif (10.9 %)<br />

<strong>and</strong> Rabi (18.7 %) seas<strong>on</strong>s. Since adequate supply <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> water is not ensured,<br />

<strong>farm</strong>ers in the head reaches <strong>and</strong> other influential <strong>farm</strong>ers tend to acquire more<br />

<strong>and</strong> sufficient water, depriving the tail enders <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> their due share. There<strong>for</strong>e. the<br />

productivity differentials are bound to be more in irrigati<strong>on</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>s. Whereas<br />

ralnfed cultivati<strong>on</strong> is nllt subjected to such \ariati<strong>on</strong>s in supply <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> water. The<br />

productivity differentials. if any, in the rainfed <strong>farm</strong>ing are essentially due to,<br />

am<strong>on</strong>g others, entrepreneurial ability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the <strong>farm</strong>ers to apply inputs <strong>and</strong> other<br />

crop-husb<strong>and</strong>ry practices.<br />

The per<strong>for</strong>mance level <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> other crops, especially commercial crops, like<br />

coc<strong>on</strong>ut. arecanut, etc., are somewhat different from that <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> paddy, the details <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

which are presented in table 6.10. As seen from the table. the productivity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

coc<strong>on</strong>ut <strong>and</strong> tapioca in the comm<strong>and</strong> area has been much higher than the district<br />

average. Barring a few years, the per<strong>for</strong>mance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> arecanut in the comm<strong>and</strong> area<br />

has been less satisfactory. For the yields have been lower than the district<br />

average. What surprises more is, hanana yields in all the years under reference<br />

have been invariahly lower than the district average. As a matter <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> fact, banana<br />

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