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Contrasting irrigation, agriculture, livelihood linkages in coastal and non-coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal

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Title Contrasting irrigation, agriculture, livelihood linkages in coastal and non-coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal
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Creator Ghosh, S., Panda, D.K., Nayak, A.K., Nanda, P. and Verma, H.C.
 
Subject Agricultural development, Irrigation, Groundwater, Surface water, Level of living, Rural poverty
 
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An analysis of irrigation, agriculture, livelihood links in coastal and non-coastal districts of Odisha and West
Bengal was carried out. District-wise scenario of irrigation, agriculture, livelihood and poverty revealed with
the help of different indexes (value ranged from 0 to 1) developed for the study. The coastal districts of
Odisha showed relatively better irrigation, agriculture and livelihood scenario as compared to non-coastal
districts. While in West Bengal, districts of Gangetic plains (districts like Bardhaman, Birbhum, Hooghly,
Midnapore (W), Murshidabad and Nadia) had better irrigation, agriculture and living scenario as compared
to coastal districts. Six districts in Odisha showed higher irrigation and agriculture index values (>0.6) that
included four coastal districts Bhadrak, Balasore, Puri and Jagatsinghpur. Only one of three coastal
districts in West Bengal showed higher value (>0.6) of irrigation and agricultural indexes. The surface water
irrigation system was found predominant as groundwater irrigation contributed to about 14 per cent
irrigation potential created in Odisha, while the same was 46 per cent in case of West Bengal. It is evident
that relatively better groundwater development in West Bengal (40%) had lead to better irrigation and
agricultural scenario in comparison to Odisha (28%) barring the coastal districts of Odisha. The links and/or
missing links between irrigation resources, agriculture development, poverty and level of living were
explored through correlation and linkage matrix. The indexes found to be mostly significantly correlated;
however, linkages between them seemed to be more in case of poorer condition of different sectors; while
betterment in one sector had not linked to betterment of other sectors in many of the districts.
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Date 2018-11-20T06:55:08Z
2018-11-20T06:55:08Z
2016
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Ghosh, S., Panda, D.K., Nayak, A.K., Nanda, P. and Verma, H.C. 2016. Contrasting irrigation, agriculture, livelihood linkages in coastal and non-coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal. Journal of Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, 34(1):139-147
0972-1584
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/12271
 
Language English
 
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Publisher INDIAN SOCIETY OF COASTAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH