Inter-farm and inter-regional variations in Kabini Command Area
Iyyampillai, S.
Journal of Rural Development Hyderabad 8(4): 359-369
1989
Document Number: 514386
This paper attempts to analyse the differential impact of irrigation and structure of land distribution on the economic activities and living conditions of people in the Kabini Command Area of Karnataka state, India. The data relate to 506 selected households in 35 villages, for the year 1982/83. The households were selected so as to proportionally represent four different farm sizes in four different ago-climatic regions. Both the quality and size of landholding affect the agricultural operation of the farming households, and, eventually, their income, consumption and standard of living. One of the chief factors that affects the quality of land is the level of irrigation. The size of landholding per household is affected by distributional factors. Though net agricultural revenue per operated acre varies across the regions, there is little variation in per household annual income. Distribution of landholdings is found to be the chief determinant of the ultimate economic condition of the farming households, and the level of irrigation plays only a supporting role.