The literature on the dynamics of irrigation management, in terms of the analysis of interlinked agrarian relations, is very limited. This paper attempts to get a detailed grassroots view of farmers' knowledge of various issues pertaining to the relationship between agrarian structure, land and water. Data from 200 sample cultivators of different farm sizes and 20 landless labour households were collected from eight sample villages situated in head-reach and tail-end distributaries of branch canals in selected Hirakud irrigation commands in Odisha, India. An analysis of the nature of the interlinking of various agrarian markets in the studied distributaries showed that interlinked credit transactions are mostly prevalent among landless labour and small farm households. To some extent, they are higher in head-reach distributaries compared to tail-end distributaries. Research showed that the incidence of tenancy in the head-reach areas is also higher than the tail-end. There is a need for the adequacy, timeliness and reliability of water supply, and for equality in water distribution between head- and tail-reaches.
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September 07 2012
Dynamics of irrigation management and interlinked agrarian relations: empirical findings from a canal irrigation command in Odisha, India
Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra
1Amrita School of Business, Amrita University, Amrita Institute of Medical Science (AIMS) Campus, AIMS Ponekkara Post, Kochi-682 041, Kerala, India
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Water Policy (2012) 14 (6): 957–976.
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Received:
January 07 2012
Accepted:
June 03 2012
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Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra; Dynamics of irrigation management and interlinked agrarian relations: empirical findings from a canal irrigation command in Odisha, India. Water Policy 1 December 2012; 14 (6): 957–976. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2012.105
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