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Pro- poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in India: some issues
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Srinivas Bhogle |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | Irrigation projects—major, medium, minor—have been accepted as powerful tools of agricultural and economic growth . However, it is observed that the earlier strategy of protective or seasonal irrigation alone does not provide adequate income to the farmers to move above the poverty line. Irrigation projects, therefore, should be planned as area development measures and should fulfil social criteria besides the techno-economic criteria. Irrigation projects should therefore be regarded as one of the essential inputs for food security and rural development because, in spite of growing efforts in rainfed crops, irrigation synchronized with new high yielding varieties of seeds, chemical and organic fertilizers and pesticides can play a more decisive role. With this background the following discussion leading to pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in the Indian context is presented. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://publications.iwmi.org/pdf/H028868.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
