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irrigati<strong>on</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>s. Th;; stud) was framcd in such a way as to cover the entire<br />

irrigati<strong>on</strong> sector in Kerala. comm<strong>and</strong>ed hy major irrigati<strong>on</strong> projects. Since there<br />

are no studies which have comprehensively covered all the issues related to<br />

irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> agriculture de\t:lopment in the state. a modest attempt has he en<br />

made to examine its complex nature in this study.<br />

The basic objectives <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the study were to: (i) analyse the trends in<br />

investment in irrigati<strong>on</strong> infrastructure devclopment in Kerala <strong>and</strong> its impact <strong>on</strong><br />

agricultural <strong>development</strong>: (ii) to critically examine the instituti<strong>on</strong>al <strong>and</strong><br />

organisati<strong>on</strong>al strategies in the irrigati<strong>on</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>s to accomplish scientific On<strong>farm</strong><br />

Development <strong>and</strong> water management practices: (iii) to assess the impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

OFO <strong>on</strong> yield <strong>and</strong> income <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>farm</strong>ers in the irrigati<strong>on</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>s: \iv) to examine<br />

the factors determining adopti<strong>on</strong> or n<strong>on</strong>-adopti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> OFO in irrigati<strong>on</strong> project,:<br />

<strong>and</strong> (v) to bring out the instItuti<strong>on</strong>al <strong>and</strong> operati<strong>on</strong>al level c<strong>on</strong>straints in the<br />

<strong>development</strong>. distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> management <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> water resources <strong>for</strong> irrigati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

The limited availability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> reliable sec<strong>on</strong>dary sources <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> in<strong>for</strong>mati<strong>on</strong><br />

pertaining to the irrigati<strong>on</strong> projects at the state level. was the main c<strong>on</strong>straint <strong>for</strong><br />

analysing the problems at the macro level. For the micro level indepth study. two<br />

irrigati<strong>on</strong> projects. viz .. Kallada <strong>and</strong> Peechi. situated in the Kollam <strong>and</strong> Thrissur<br />

districts respectively have been selected.<br />

A sample <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 200 <strong>farm</strong>ers from the Kallada irrigati<strong>on</strong> project <strong>and</strong> I 15<br />

<strong>farm</strong>ers from the Peechi Irrigati<strong>on</strong> project have been selected <strong>for</strong> the study hased<br />

<strong>on</strong> r<strong>and</strong>om jampling. The two irrigati<strong>on</strong> projects represer..l diverse socioec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />

as well as agro-climatic setting. including topography. Also. they are<br />

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