Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigates agriculture in India: some issues

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Author	Sivamohan, M. V. K.
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	Poverty is of a serious concern in India. Though it declined during the post green-revolution period since 1970s, every third person in the country in 1993-94 was found to live in absolute poverty. National Sample Survey data vouches for only marginal decline of poverty in spite of the higher growth rates recorded in mid-1990s. This trend is partly due to statistical artifacts and also due to factors, which have accelerated poverty in some states having weak property rights and poor governance (World Bank 2000). Concurrently, the policy agenda has significantly evolved from an initial focus on increasing food production to concerns of environment, poverty in a wider sense and stakeholder participation. The focus on poverty became more explicit and the concept has further expanded beyond earlier notions relating to supplies of food to encompass wider livelihood concerns (Carney 1998). Currently, there is much criticism on the low performance of the irrigation sector, although it is widely accepted as vital for India’s economy, and pivotal for its food security policy. Irrigation is also considered an important carrier for development of poor masses (Chambers R). The indicators of low level performance of canal irrigation in India are:
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