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Chapter 8<br />
Impact of <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Users</strong>' <strong>Association</strong><br />
The previous chapters have dealt in detail with the causes <strong>for</strong> waterlogging <strong>and</strong> salinity in<br />
the study villages <strong>and</strong> the various strategies adopted by stakeholders to mitigate the adverse<br />
effects. Given the farmers dependence on irrigated farming, this chapter attempts to analyse<br />
the impact of salinity <strong>and</strong> waterlogging on rice production <strong>and</strong> the role of the WUA in<br />
improving crop yields.<br />
The approach<br />
Several analytical approaches have been used to assess the impact of soil salinity on output.<br />
Pincock (1969) used the whole farm budget to analyse the impact of salinity on net farm<br />
income. Hussein & Young (1985), Joshi (1987) <strong>and</strong> Joshi et al. (1994) have estimated the<br />
crop losses due to soil salinity using the production function approach in India. While<br />
Hussein & Young used electrical conductivity as one of the explanatory variables, Joshi<br />
(1987) estimated the impact on crop yield using a dummy variable <strong>for</strong> soil salinity level.<br />
Byerlee & Ali (2000) <strong>and</strong> Faruqcc (1995) have explored interlinkages between l<strong>and</strong> use<br />
behavior <strong>and</strong> farm productivity in Pakistan.<br />
In our study, the empirical analysis has been carried out in three stages. In the first stage', to<br />
examine the de.6'fee of relationship between inputs <strong>and</strong> output we estimate the correlation<br />
coefficient. [n the second stage, we have adopted the Cobb-Douglas type productionfunction<br />
approach to determine the impact of soil salinity <strong>and</strong> waterlogging on yield levels<br />
of paddy. This analysis, there<strong>for</strong>e, examines l<strong>and</strong> degradation in terms of loss of farm<br />
productivity (i.e. in reduced paddy yield). Finally in the third stage, the production<br />
functions have been used to analyse the impact of changes in inputs <strong>and</strong> quality of l<strong>and</strong> on<br />
the changes in the yield with the help of a decomposition analysis!.<br />
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