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EVALUATION OF MAHATMA GANDHI LIFT IRRIGATION COOPERATIVE SOCIETY, GADDIPALLI, NALGONDA DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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Title EVALUATION OF MAHATMA GANDHI LIFT IRRIGATION COOPERATIVE SOCIETY, GADDIPALLI, NALGONDA DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Creator SARADA, R.V
 
Contributor NARENDER, I
 
Subject EVALUATION, MAHATMA GANDHI, LIFT IRRIGATION, COOPERATIVE, SOCIETY,
 
Description The study was undertaken with the following specific
objectives:
1. To assess the impact of lift irrigation project on cropping
pattern and productivity of principal crops.
2. To study the effect of lift irrigation project on farm income.
3. To evaluate the performance of the lift irrigation scheme as
per the objectives.
· 4. To find out the reasons for success or failure of various
activities of the society.
· 5. To suggest an appropriate future plan of action based on the
empirical findings of the study.
METHODOLOGY :
The Farmers Service Cooperative Society (FSCS),
Gaddipalli is purposively selected as it is one of the its kind and
first established in our country. As this is a case study all the
five villages benefitted with the irrigation facility from FSCS are
included in the sample, which comes under three mandala i.e. ,
Garedepalli, Penpahad and Nereducheria. All the beneficiaries were
stratified into four size groups viz., marginal (upto 1 hectare or
2.5 acres), small (1 to 2 hectares or 2.5 to 5 acres), medium (2 to.
4 hectare or 5 to 10 acres) and large (more than 4 hectares or 10
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acres) on the basis of operational area. 12 beneficiaries f"rom
·each village were selected at random giving a representation of q3
beneficiaries for each group.
The data were collected by personal interview with the
help of a specially devised set of pre-tested schedules. The
reference period for the study was 1987-88 agriculture year.
The secondary data obtained from the society and, other
available reports were also used in this study.
Tabular and functional analysis were used to arrive at
the valid conclusions for the study.
MAIN FINDINGS
1. The evaluation of objectives of the study revealed a wide
gap between the designed command area and the maximum area it
irrigated.
It also clearly showed the difference between the land
development of designed command area and the actual area developed.
2. The short fallin the water supply of the lift irrigation
project was mainly due to technical reasons, cropping pattern,
technical risk, soil and water management practices, power supply,
availability of water,financial etc.
3. As benefit cost ratio is more than one, it justifies the
economic feasibility of the project.
4. Although the project of this
comparable and the projection is found to
like failure to irrigate the entire
production levels and increase in cost
costs.
type, the IRR is quite
be sensitive to- thefactors
command area, fall in
of operation and gross
5. A substantial increase in farm asset structure was seen
after the formation of the project. The total capital investment
per farm and per hectare has a direct relationship with farm size
in both the situations i.e., before and after the establishment of
the project.
6. The change in cropping pattern was seen on the sampled
farms with the advent of lift irrigation project. There was a
substantial increase in a(:erage under paddy and groundnut and no
significant change under castor cultivation.
7. Cropping intensity was increased with the establishment
of lift irrigation project and this has a direct relationship with
farm size.
8. The total cost of cultivation of paddy as we11 as
groundnut indicated a direct relationship with farm size.
9. There was a direct relationship between farm size and
productivity of paddy and groundnut.
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10. Gross returns and net returns also showed a direct
relationship with farm size in paddy and groundnut cultivation.
11. · Input-output ratio was found to be more advantageous to
large farms comparitively in paddy as well as groundnut
cultivation.
12. The break-even analysis revealed the profitable nature of
paddy and groundnut cultivation since the break-even output was
much less than the average yields. This was also confirmed by
cost-benefit ratios.
13. The cost of cultivation, gross income, net income and
average yield of paddy and groundnut were increased with the advent
of lift irrigation project.
14. The production function analysis had indicated in general -
the operation of diminishing factor returns and constant returns to
scale. Further the marginal value product to opportunity CbSt
ratios indicated high degree of resource use inefficiency and
revealed the scope for adjustments and reorganisation of resources
so as to obtain high returns in paddy and groundnut cultivation.
15. Improper management, financial problems, non-cooperation
of farmers in repaying the loans, cropping pattern, ·mis use of
funds etc. are found to be some of the main reasons for the partial
success of the society.
 
Date 2016-08-08T15:22:32Z
2016-08-08T15:22:32Z
1989
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/71593
 
Language en
 
Relation D3186;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD