Inter-state diversity has been a perennial feature of Indian agriculture. The study probes if per capita income in … Indian agriculture has converged across states in the last four and a half decades. It finds strong evidence in favour of … states. The study also identifies the drivers of growth agriculture in the last four and a half decades and results indicate …

This paper deals with the impact of irrigation on agrarian change and local politics in the period, 1960 to 1996 in the … from canal irrigation, strengthened the position of the dominant castes/classes, small and middle peasantry continued to … points to a policy implication: irrigation alone, without agrarian reform, cannot lead to progressive change and for more …

comes from irrigated agriculture, in which groundwater plays a major role. Since the development of groundwater irrigation …Groundwater has rapidly emerged to occupy a dominant place in India’s agriculture and food security in the recent …

working of irrigation institutions, the present study reveals that successful management of irrigation is contingent upon the … level of participation of the water users in the management. By comparing irrigation institutions under different property … rights, the study identifies the significant factors that contribute to the success and sustainability of irrigation …

link between stream flow, agricultural water use and economic returns to agriculture. The study attempts to simulate the … likely impacts of regeneration of a degraded forest catchment on stream flow and the consequent impact on irrigation … tankbased agriculture in a downstream village. …