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contlict 20 between the farmers as well as agricultural labourers. The most recent crop-spoiling agitation 21 in the Kuttanad region may be considered as a pointer to this conflict. Together, Kuttanad and Palakkad account for 58,0000 agricultural labourers, more than one quarter <strong>of</strong> the state's total (GOI, Census, 1991 ). As mentioned earlier, the problem <strong>of</strong> paddy land conversion is going on unchecked even in the command areas <strong>of</strong> irrigation projects. The Report <strong>of</strong> the Task Force 22 set up for the Ninth Plan for field crops bring out the contrast that the need for arresting the decline in the area under rice cultivation was fully realised only by the end <strong>of</strong> the Seventh Five Year Plan and by that time a larger proportion <strong>of</strong> the area had already gone out <strong>of</strong> the crop (GOK, 1997a: 10). The 20 The conflict between labourers and farmers was most pronounced in the South Malabar district <strong>of</strong> Palakkad, where the land reforms had the greatest impact and where the green revolution and the completion <strong>of</strong> large public irrigation projects in the 1960s accelerated the commercialisation <strong>of</strong> rice farming and increased demand for casual labour (Heller, 1999). 21 The crop spoiling agitation was initiated on 5th July 1997 in the Kuttanad region in Alapuzha district. Farmers in the area alleged that plantsl crop worth Rs. 50 lakhs were spoiled in the agitation, which were cultivated in the converted paddy lands. Agitators argued that their labour opportunities were spoiled by the farmers by converting paddy fields into labour saving crops. In September 1997, the government appointed a committee headed by Dr. Shayamasundaran Nair, to look in to the problems <strong>of</strong> paddy farming and suggest mea~ures to streamline the same. 22 The Task Force Report was highly concerned about the declining trends in paddy area in spite <strong>of</strong> the commendable promotional efforts by the government. The total amount invested by the state during the Eighth Plan including the special assistance provided from the Prime Minister's Special Programme in lieu <strong>of</strong> the withdrawal <strong>of</strong> fertiliser subsidies works out to nearly 150 crores. Despite considerable investment and special attention given to the crop, the fact remains that the area under the crop continues to decline (GOK, 1997). 304
process <strong>of</strong> paddy land conversion would have greater implications on water use and overall efficiency <strong>of</strong> water institutions in the state because <strong>of</strong> the persistence <strong>of</strong> technological prejudice <strong>of</strong> irrigation systems in the state towards paddy. 7.3.2 Socio-economic constraints The important socio-economic factors adversely affecting farming operations in general and irrigation water use for agriculture in particular are: (i) lack <strong>of</strong> interest in labour intensive farming operations; (ii) relegation <strong>of</strong> the status <strong>of</strong> fa.rming into a secondary activity; and (iii) sociological factors. The constraints posed by large-scale marginalisation <strong>of</strong> operational holdings coupled with non-availability <strong>of</strong> labour even at higher wage rates and declining prices <strong>of</strong> food crops, especially paddy, precluded the farmers from undertaking highly labour intensive farming operations. Sociological reasons are also indicated as adversely affecting paddy cultivation. These problems include high proportion <strong>of</strong> elderly among the farming group as well as labourers. Eapen (1999) demonstrates that the spread <strong>of</strong> education and its modernising influence has played an important role in shaping people's attitude to work 23 (Eapen, 1999:57). These observations are supported by the empirical evidences from the study region, the details <strong>of</strong> which are discussed in chapter 4 (Table 4.10). It is true that the socio-economic factors also have influenced the farming operations in Kerala to a greater extent. The higher rates <strong>of</strong> return in the case <strong>of</strong> 305
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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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area and yield of
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A micro level study by Narayanan (1
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ubber cultivation. in Kallada. the
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The debate on conversion of
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(Table 5.10). The table indicates t
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eqUires substantial investment for
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Source: Govt. of K
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the period 1985-86 to 1997-98. For
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The overall scenario suggests that
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project, they tend to undertake yie
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the establishment expenditure (stri
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a CriSIS. As the works involved In
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(ii) In the Karapuzha project. the
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5.15). The table indicates that the
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place. There were three revisions J
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Revenue vis Capital expenditure The
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Let us now examIne the intensity <s
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Cost escalation due to arbitration
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Another source of
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process would be very high. This al
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construction for more than 20 years
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are mainly concentrated in Thrissur
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ApMndlJ ~.1: ProjKI-wlw Ihne tn Tot
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Chapter 6 Economics of</str
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conditions of the
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Chart: 6.1 Organisational Chart sho
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and Palakkad together occupy 10 <st
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Table 6.2. Physical and financial t
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the total allocation has been for t
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per cent achievement in physical te
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Besides. it has been reported that
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possible in these lands during Khar
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Hence. it may be argued that since
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It is mainly due to scarcity <stron
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project. where it is very high at R
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proper coordination between variOUS
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deficiencies that help drawing less
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conjunctive use of
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3) Again. due to the high density <
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Table 6.13: Details of</str
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doubts about the senousness <strong
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practice IS more conspIcuous In the
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2.05 HP as compared to 1.68 HP in t
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large holders have spent two to thr
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Farming is considered mostly as a s
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The profitability
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noticed in the case of</str
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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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