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covering 48.8 percent (4.25 acres) of the total affected area and 17 percent of farmers are
cultivating under mild levels of waterlogging with an area covering 56.1 percent (3.45
acres) of the total affected area in Gundur. In Hagedal. 31.9 perccnt and 23.2 percent of the
farmers are cultivating under mild levels of salinity and waterlogging with an area covering
30.3 percent (7.25 acres) and 25.6 percent (5.15 acres) of the affected area, respectively.
This indicates that around 75 percent and 77 percent of farmers in Gundur are operating
within the safe limits lO of salinity and waterlogging, respectively. But in Hagedal only 72
percent and 64 percent of farmers are operating within the safe limits of salinity and
waterlogging. respectively.
Table 5.3: Distribution of Sample Farmers under Different Levels of Salinity
and Waterlogging in Gundur
Salinity level
Area (in acres)
Distribution of
farmers (in percent)
., Mild salinity (I) 4.25 (488) 14.9
'Moderate salinity (2) 2.75 (31.6) 10.6
'Severe salinity (3) 1.70 (19.5) 8.5
Total area affected by salinity 8.70 -
(I )+(2)+(3)
Waterlogging level
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.. Mild waterlogging (I) 3.45 (56.1) 17.0
'Moderate waterlogging (2) 1.55 (25.4) 8.5
'Severe waterlogging (3) 1.10 (18.0) 8.5
Total area affected by waterlogging 6.10 -
(I )+(2)+(3)
Grand total of the area affected by 14.80 -
Salinity and waterlogging
Free from waterlogging and salinity 3 I 1.45 59.6
.
Source: held investIgatIOn.
Note: Figures in parenthesis indicate the percentages to the total affected area.
a ~Multiple responses" hence figures do not add up to 100%.
In Gundur, lands affected by severe salinity constitute 19.5 percent (1.70 acres) of the total
affected area, which is relatively less than Hagedal where it is 21.1 percent (5.05 acres) of
the total affected area. Due to this problem, few fanners in Hagedal could not cultivate
10 Mild salinity and mild waterlogging is considered harmless so the farmers affected by it fall within the safe
limits. d h . I d F
"[ th ' f· me ~armers
n e case a so
the different levels of salinity and waterlogging affecte t elr an s. or e.g.
Ii , .. H th bIt b h
one plot of land would be affected by mild salinity and the other by severe sahmty. ence ey e ong 0 at
the categories of mildly affected and severely affected. Sometimes seventy of sahmty and waterloggmg
varied within plots.
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