Economics of Land Development in Canal Commands

This book examines the inter-face between the apparently divergent processes of irrigation and agricultural development in Kerala state and its implications on land development and water management practices, especially, adoption of On-Farm Development both at the system as well as farm levels. It offers a convincing explanation for the dismal performance of irrigation systems in the state in the context of cropping pattern changes from irrigated crops, mainly, paddy to dry/ perennial cash crops. As irrigation systems in Kerala are designed for rice, the decline in rice area resulted in the poor performance of irrigation systems.

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Viswanathan is Associate Professor at Gujarat Institute ofDevelopment Research, Ahmedabad. Had worked as Economist atRubber Research Institute of India (Government of India) during1994-2004. Held Visiting Fellowships at Asian Institute ofTechnology; Chinese University of Hong Kong and Institute forPopulation and Social Research, Thailand.