Through a case study of Tamil Nadu, the author investigates whether irrigation mitigates instability in agricultural production. He concludes that during drought farmers in the state follow a strategy of protecting crop yield at the expense of shrinkage in irrigated acreage, especially of crops...

We study the diffusion of a capital intensive technology among a fishing community in south India and analyze the dynamics of income inequality during this process. We find that lack of asset wealth is an important predictor of delayed technology adoption. During the diffusion process,...