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The per<strong>for</strong>mance status across castes reveals that at the seed and<br />

labour productivity levels, the KVGs show better per<strong>for</strong>mance as<br />

compared to the rest. This indicates their better access to land and<br />

irrigation sources. Besides, they also enjoy a higher social economic<br />

status which facilitates their wider interaction and provides a better<br />

access to institutional benefits.<br />

The per<strong>for</strong>mance status as well as the scale of operation across<br />

land-size classes would reveal that there is obviously a relationship<br />

between what emerges here and the pattern, emerged earlier, in the<br />

analysis of the same factors across different productivity levels. At<br />

labour productivity, the marginal and the large land-holders show a<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance below the average levels while all the other groups farc<br />

above average. The best per<strong>for</strong>mance is by the small land-holders. The<br />

marginal and the large land-holders show the least per<strong>for</strong>mance of seed<br />

productivity, while there is an even per<strong>for</strong>mance among the others with<br />

minimal variations. The per<strong>for</strong>mance of the marginal land-holders as<br />

compared to others is poor in both seed and labour productivity. In the<br />

case of marginal farmers, the disadvantage is their lack of access to<br />

resources while in the case of large farmers, the personal attention and<br />

commitment to carry out the activity are hardly available. On the other<br />

hand, there is access to resources, as well as personal involvement in the<br />

case of medium farmers, which is manifested in their per<strong>for</strong>mance. If<br />

this pattern is compared with the situation in E N Pura, it would be seen<br />

that the better per<strong>for</strong>mers are the marginal and medium farmers while<br />

the small and large farmers have not fared well. While the per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

level of the medium and large farmers in both these areas do not<br />

conflict, as <strong>for</strong> the marginal and small farmers are concerned the<br />

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